Getting by way of: Ankita and Prarthana rallied to make the quarterfinals.
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The Indian pair of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare defeated Sharmada Balu and Sarah Rebecca Sekulic (Germany) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 to enter the doubles quarterfinals of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open tennis match on the KSLTA Stadium right here on Tuesday.
The third seeded Indo-Swedish pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Jacqueline Awad additionally superior to the last eight after defeating Ji Hee Choi (South Korea) and Lee Ya-Hsuan (Taipei) 6-4, 6-2.
In the singles opening spherical, Japan’s Ikumi Yamazaki shocked third-seed Sakura Hosogi 5-7, 3-6. Sharmada, a wild card entrant, misplaced to No. 8 seed Eden Silva of Britain 2-6, 4-6.
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