Dubai: Philippine Tennis Academy player Tennielle Madis rallied past qualifier Emira Diabate of Cote D'Ivoire, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the second round of the ongoing J100 Dubai event, the second leg of the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in the United Arab Emirates. She will next face wild card Alina Yuneva of Russia, who prevailed over Lila Grace Bachour of France, 7-6 (9), 6-3.
According to Philippines News Agency, top-ranked Vlada Guryleva of Russia demolished wild card Aynaz Davari Dolatabadi, 6-0, 6-0, while No. 2 Pavia Svilerova of the Czech Republic outplayed Teodora Miron of Romania, 6-3, 6-4, to also secure second-round berths. Meanwhile, Vera Khrushchyk of Russia ousted No. 4 Yasaman Yazdani of Iran, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Ophelia Korpanec Davies of Great Britain stunned No. 5 Veronika Sekerkova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-1; and Ui Su Jeong of South Korea eliminated No. 8 Margaret Sohns of USA, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the next round.
Further developments revealed that No. 6 Arina Malygina of Russia struggled past Diya Ramesh of India, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, and No. 7 Sophie Bekker of Great Britain whipped wild card Callista Uchil of India, 6-0, 6-1. In the doubles category, top seeds Madis and Guryleva downed Khrushchyk and Yazdani, 6-2, 6-2, to arrange a quarterfinal duel with Alina Botasheva and Anastasia Efremova of Russia, who beat Yuneva and Malygina, 6-2, 6-4.
Additionally, third seeds Alena Kharchenko and Alisa Terentyeva of Russia, Lean Baroudi of Syria and Leyna Bey of France, Maria Andreu Portselan of Cyprus and Justyna Anna Strykova of the Czech Republic, Olivia Cela of Poland and Ramesh, Vittoria Vignoli of Italy and Bachour, and Sophia Budacsek and Sohns have also advanced to the quarterfinals.
Madis, who lost in the singles quarterfinals but claimed victory in the doubles with Jeong in the first leg in Fujairah last week, continues to demonstrate her prowess on the court. The 17-year-old native of M'lang, North Cotabato reached a career-high No. 207 in the ITF Juniors rankings on Jan. 5 after winning six singles and five doubles titles last year. She also won the doubles with PTA teammate Stefi Marithe Aludo in the J60 events in Manila, China, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.
