India, Feb. 8 -- With a forehand down the line winner, Jil Teichmann closed out her semi-final match at the L&T Mumbai Open with little fuss. The 27-year-old Swiss, once ranked 21 in the world, took 67 minutes to complete a 6-3, 6-1 win against home favourite Maaya Rajeswaran Revathi at the WTA Mumbai Open here on Saturday.

Although it was a one-sided match, it came at the end of a spectacular week of tennis for a 15-year-old qualifier who did not even have an official rank on the WTA circuit at the start of the tournament.

Maaya had started her journey at the WTA 125 event, India's biggest tournament for women's tennis, as a wild card in the qualification round. For a player for whom the event was nowhere on the roster - she was in the...