Adkar Completes Comeback for First WTA Tour Win in Chennai
Her late rally against former top-100 Jodie Burrage marks a clear step in the 21-year-old’s move from lower-tier events onto the WTA circuit.
Overview
- Vaishnavi Adkar beat Britain’s Jodie Burrage 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the Chennai Open on Tuesday after overturning a 3-5 deficit in the deciding set to win four games in a row.
- The match lasted more than two hours in heavy humidity and saw Burrage take a medical timeout with breathing issues, factors that visibly affected play late in the contest.
- Adkar began nervously, losing eight straight points and dropping the opening set, then raised her return game to break Burrage twice in the second set and force a decider.
- Former doubles star Rohan Bopanna, who coaches at Adkar’s academy, was audible in the players’ box encouraging her to keep pressure on Burrage during the turning points.
- The win gives the 21-year-old a first WTA Tour-level victory and a confidence boost on home soil; she is set to face seventh seed Anastasia Zakharova next and India also saw teenager Maaya Rajeshwaran advance the same day.