Tennis
Anastasia Zakharova Beats Vaishnavi Adkar to Reach Chennai Quarterfinals
The seventh seed won 6-3, 6-0 Thursday to end Adkar's singles run.
Anastasia Zakharova beat Indian wild card Vaishnavi Adkar 6-3, 6-0 Thursday to reach the Chennai Open quarterfinals.
The seventh seed converted six of 11 break-point chances and saved six of the seven she faced, according to the completed match record published by Tennis.com.
The WTA identified the result as Zakharova’s fourth tour-level quarterfinal appearance.
Adkar’s defeat left Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi as the remaining Indian player in the singles draw. Rajeshwaran Revathi had reached the last eight a day earlier by beating Polish qualifier Weronika Falkowska.
Sources and notes
- WTA official match highlights, Nov. 5, 2026: https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4605143/zakharova-ends-adkar-run-in-chennai-to-make-fourth-wta-quarterfinal
- Tennis.com completed match record, Nov. 5, 2026: https://www.tennis.com/tournaments/chennai-open/matches/a-zakharova-vs-v-adkar-2026-11-05
- Rediff, Nov. 5, 2026: https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/vaishnavi-adkar-loses-at-chennai-open-maaya-advances/20261105.htm
- Photo: DarDarCH / Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Roland_Garros_Qualifying_Tournament_-_57.jpg ; CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
