Isha Lakhani is the sole Indian survivor at the singles semi-final stage in the US $25,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts in Pune on Thursday.
The left-handed Mumbai player, seeded eighth, ousted former national champion and doubles partner Rushmi Chakravarthy 6-1, 6-1 with consummate ease to move into the last four.
Joining Isha in the semi-finals were second seed Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia, unseeded Ling Zhang of Hong Kong and Alexandra Panova of Russia [Images].
The Indian challenge ended in the doubles event with the elimination of the Bhambri sisters, Sanna and Ankita, the Rushmi-Isha pair and the combine of Sonal Phadke and Poojashree Venkatesha in the quarter- finals.
The unseeded Indonesian pair Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja shocked top seeds Neha Uberoi of the United States and Silvia Disderi of Italy [Images] 6-1, 7-5 to enter the doubles semi-finals.
Results:
Singles (quarter-finals): Zhang Ling (HKG) bt Kyung Yee Chae (Kor) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Isha Lakhani (Ind) bt Rushmi Chakravarthy (Ind) 6-1, 6-1; Alexendra Panova (Rus) bt Alexendra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) 6-3, 6-2; Sandy Gumulya (Ind) bt Silvia Disderi (Italy) 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles (quarter-finals): Wynne Prakusya-Angelique Widjaja (Ina) bt Neha Uberoi (USA)-Silvia Disderi (italy) 6-1, 7-5; Kyung-Yee Chae-Jung-Yoon Shin (Korea) bt Ankita Bhambri-sanaa Bhambri (Ind) 6-3, 4-6, 10-8; Varatchaya Wongteanchal (Thai)-Ling Zhang (Hong Kong) bt Rushmi Chakravarthy (Ind)-Isha Lakhani (Ind) 7-6 (7-0), 6-3; Nina Bratchikova (Rus)-Sandy Gumulya (Ina) bt Sonal Phadke-Poojashree Venkatesha (Ind) 6-2, 6-1.
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