Qualifier Prerna Bhambri’s fine run came to an end as she was outplayed 6-2, 6-3 by the second-seeded Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament on grass at the Services Club here on Friday.
The results: Singles: Quarterfinals : Tadeja Majeric (Slo) bt Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (Tha) 6-1, 7-6(5); Veronika Kapshay (Ukr) bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (Bul) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; Melanie Klaffner (Aut) bt Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) 6-3, 6-2; Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) bt Prerna Bhambri 6-2, 6-3. Doubles: Quarterfinals: Melanie Klaffner & Nicole Rottmann (Aut) bt Han Sung-Hee & Lee So-Ra (Kor) 6-3, 7-6(5); Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) & Kyra Shroff bt Sharmada Balu & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-4, 6-0; Pre-quarterfinals: Nicha Lertpitaksinchai & Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (Bul) & Shweta Rana 3-6, 6-0, 10-7; Justyna Jegiolka (Pol) & Veronika Kapshay (Ukr) bt Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha) & Nidhi Chilumula 6-2, 6-1.
