Second seed Rushmi Chakravarthi (India) took only 31 minutes to pack off Nandini Perumal (India) 6-0, 6-1 in the only singles match played this afternoon. On many an occasion in the first set, Nandini could not even return the powerful serves of Rushmi and was a mute spectator to the latter's strong baseline returns.

After winning the first set 6-0, Rushmi was down 15-40 in the first game of the second but succeeded in holding serve. However, for the first in the match, the 15-year-old Hyderabad-based Nandini succeeded in keeping serve and make it 1-1. But, this was the best she could have played against her WTA 901-ranked rival.

Rushmi top seed

Rushmi Chakravarthy heads the list of 16 players for the ITF Masters Tennis Tournament on the basis of their points earned in the first and second-leg ofthe Satellite meets held at Ahmedabad and Pune recently. The Masters is slated to begin in Delhi from November 2.

The entries (all Indians unless mentioned): 1. Rushmi Chakravarthy, 2. Sai Jayalakshmi, 3. Shruti Dhawan, 4. Orawan Wongkamalasai (Thailand), 5. Archana Venkatraman, 6. Aarthi Venkatraman, 7. Montika Anuchan (Thailand), 8. Anna Nefedova (Russia), 9. Niyati Shetty, 10. Tara Kambargimath, 11. Nikita Bhardwaj, 12. Karishma Patel, 13. Priyanka Contractor, 14. Shalini Thakur, 15. Sheetal Gautam, 16. Pooja Deshmukh. Reserves: 1. Tarminder Grover, 2. Stutt Smit, 3. Trishna Williams, 4. Jutika Choksi.

Results: Singles (first round): Pooja Deshmukh (Ind) b Tara Kanbargimath (Ind) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; 2-Rushmi Chakravarthy (Ind) b Nandini Perumal (Ind) 6-0, 6-1; 7-Anna Nefedova (Rus) b Trishna Williams 6-1, 6-3; Nikita Bhardwaj bt Varsha Reddy 6-4, 6-3; 8-Aarti Venkatraman bt Nona Wagh 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles: Anna Nefedova (Rus)-Sutt Smit (Ind) b Aditi Karanjkar-Niyati Shetty(Ind) 6-0, 6-2; Shalini Thakur-Jutika Choksi (Ind) bt Nona Wagh-Deepa Engade (Ind) 6-0, 6-1; Pooja Deshmukh-Karishma Patel (Ind) bt Nikita Bhardwaj-Jasleen Randhawa (Ind) 6-0, 6-2; Tara Kanbargimath-Trishna Williams (Ind) bt Tarminder Grover-Simmi Rani (Ind) 6-1, 6-2.