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Patna : World No 175 in WTA rankings Ankita Raina, 26, India, reached the quarter-finals of ITF event at Luan, China on May 9, 2019. India No 1 Ankita Raina beat World No 342 Yue Yuan, 20, China, 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 16 on May 9 to advance to the quarter-finals of $60,000 ITF event.
Yuan though fired 4 Aces in the match to none by Raina, the 2nd seed. Yuan committed 4 double faults in the match to 5 by Raina. Raina, however, broke Yuan’s service 6 times in the match while the latter broke her service thrice. Raina also won 3 games in a row in the match. Raina’s winning percentage on both her first and second serve (70% & 56 %) was much better than that of Yuan (59% & 30 %).
Raina will face World No 497 Eudice Chong, 23, Hong Kong, in the quarter-finals on May 10, 2019.