Shrivalli Bhamidipaty blasted her way past the fifth seed Justina Mikulskyte of Lithuania 6-0, 6-0 in 49 minutes in the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis quarterfinals at the Indore Tennis Club on Friday.
Quite at home on the quick courts where she had trained in the past with coach Sajid Lodi, the 22-year-old Shrivalli smashed her way past Justina, who had won the title in Gurugram a fortnight earlier.
Shrivalli started hesitantly with two double faults in the first game, but rarely put a foot wrong thereafter. She conceded only 19 points in all to the 28-year-old Justina, ranked 249 in the world.