New York, Sep 1 (PTI) Teenage Indian tennis player Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi overcame China's Zhang-Qian Wei to enter the second round of the junior girls' singles event at the US Open here.
The unseeded 16-year-old, who hails from Coimbatore and trained at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain, defeated her Chinese rival 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in little over an hour and half riding on the points she converted on her first and second serves.
She will take on second-seeded Hannah Klugman of the United Kingdom in the second round.
Klugman decimated Aspen Schuman of the US 6-0, 6-2.
Revathi, who is emerging as a promising player, recently upset multiple senior players to make it to the semifinals of the Mumbai Open 2025 WTA125 tournament despite being unranked.
This report includes content sourced from Press Trust of India (PTI), edited for clarity and context.
