Marcinkeviča, who occupies the 346th position in the WTA rankings, defeated neutral athlete Daria Kudashova (WTA 620) 6-1, 7-5. For reaching the semi-finals, the Latvian tennis player has already gained 25 points in the world ranking.
It has already been reported that in the first round the sixth seed Marcinkevica defeated the host Arunkumar Prabhu, who passed the qualification, 6-3, 6-2, and in the second round she beat Funa Kozaki (WTA 716) from Japan 6-4, 7-5. In the semifinal the Latvian tennis player will meet the neutral athlete Ekaterina Makarova (WTA 185), the main favorite of the tournament.
Barton (WTA 805th) also started from the qualifiers, but lost in the decisive battle for entry into the main tournament. In doubles matches, both Latvian tennis players and their partners reached the semifinals, where Barton, paired with the aggressor athlete Makarova (WTA 185), defeated the Japanese Hiromi Abi and Saki Imamura – 4:6, 6:4, 11:9 . Marcinkeviča, second seed in the tournament, instead lost together with the Greek Sappho Sakellaridi (WTA 283) against the Japanese couple Funa Kozaki/Misaki Matsuda – 6(6):7, 6(1):7.
The Navimumbai tournament is held on a hard surface.
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