India, Nov. 6 -- Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi's fine singles run at the WTA 250 Chennai Open ended in the quarter-finals, where American Robin Montgomery defeated the Indian wildcard 6-3, 6-3 on Friday.

The left-handed Montgomery, who broke into the top 100 last year and is currently ranked 151st, started the contest a bit slowly but soon found her rhythm to sweep past her 17-year-old opponent who is ranked 669th in the world.

Despite the defeat, Maaya will exit the home tournament with some firsts, and plenty of added belief. By making the quarter-finals going past two higher-ranked opponents - 115th-ranked Katarzyna Kawa and world No.277 Weronika Falkowska - Maaya became the first Indian female since the legendary Sania Mirza to reach a ...