Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty won her maiden ITF Women’s World Tour Tennis title with a hard-fought 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 victory over compatriot Zeel Desai on the clay courts at the Bowring Institute here on Sunday.
The triumph will guarantee the 21-year-old from Hyderabad 50 WTA points and will bump her up significantly in the rankings, from 706 to a new career high.
On a crisp winter morning, Shrivalli breezed through the opening set as Desai had no answer to her power-packed game built on a huge first serve, a similarly lethal second serve and crushing groundstrokes.
