Second seed Ankita Raina defeated qualifier Xinyu Jiang of China 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament on Wednesday.

In doubles, Ankita and Akiko Omae of Japan, the third seeds, were beaten 10-8 in the super tie-break in the pre-quarterfinal by the Chinese pair of Siqi Cao and Fang Ying Xun.

In the $162,480 Challenger in Busan, eighth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan lost 6-1, 7-6(0) to Cem Ilkel of Turkey in the second round after a bye in the first.

The results: $162,480 Challenger, Busan, Korea: Second round: Cem Ilkel (Tur) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 7-6(0).

€137,560 Challenger, Aix en Provence, France: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Romain Arneodo & Hugo Nys (Mon) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) & Leander Paes 6-4, 6-4.

$54,160 Challenger, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) & Arjun Kadhe bt Viktor Durasovic (Nor) & Pavel Kotov (Rus) 7-5, 6-1.

€46,600 Challenger, Rome, Italy: First round: Ulises Blanch (US) bt Sumit Nagal 6-2, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF men, Tabarka, Tunisia: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alessandro Ingarao & Mattia Rossi (Ita) bt Paul Emmanuel (Ngr) & Koonwar Guta 6-4, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Kampala, Uganda: First round: Ivan Nedelko (Rus) bt Rishi Reddy 7-5, 6-3; Aryan Goveas bt Issmael Changawa Ruwa Mzai (Ken) 6-4, 6-2; Muthu Aadhitiya Senthilkumar bt Darryl Hale (GBR) 6-1, 6-2; Niki Poonacha bt William Bushamuka (US) 7-6(4), 6-3. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Giovani Samaha (Lbn) & Aryan Goveas bt Ahmed Choudhary & Muzammil Murtaza (Pak) 7-6(2), 6-4.

$80,000 ITF women, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) & Ekaterine Gorgodze (Geo) bt Nao Hibino (Jpn) & Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1.

$60,000 ITF women, Luan, China: First round: Ankita Raina bt Xinyu Jiang (Chn) 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Siqi Cao & Fang Ying Xun (Chn) bt Akiko Omae (Jpn) & Ankita Raina 2-6, 6-3, [10-8].

$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey: First round: Jennifer Luikham bt Vlada Zvereva (Blr) 6-3, 7-6(3).