Ankita, Prerna in Pune ITF semifinals

October 15th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )

Pune, Oct 15 (IANS) Sixth-seeded French girl Elodie Rogge Dietrich knocked out top seed Poojashree Venkatesha 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 while wildcard Ankita Raina got the better of second seed Rushmi Chakravarthi 7-5, 1-6, 6-0 to enter the semifinals of the $10,000 women’s International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures tournament here Thursday.
Dietrich now takes on unseeded Prerna Bhambri who outplayed Aishwarya Agrawal 7-5, 6-3. Pune girl Raina will clash with fourth-seeded Miki Miyamura of Japan who outclassed Shivika Burman 6-2, 6-1.

Rushmi, however, had the consolation of making it to the doubles final along with partner Sanaa Bhambri. The pair easily defeated Sophia Mulsap and Natchanok Saenyaukhot 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-finals.

The pair will take on the second seeded pair of Miki Miyamura and Moe Kawatoko of Japan who disposed of Treta Bhattacharya and Poojashree Venkatesha 6-3, 6-1.

The singles semifinals and doubles final will be played Friday.

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