Prerna Bhambri in quarterfinals

Qualifier Prerna Bhambri beat seventh seed Kyoka Okamura of Japan 6-1, 1-6, 10-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Tin Hau, Hong Kong, on Thursday.

In the quarterfinals, Prerna will face Ji-Hee Choi of Korea who beat third seed Harriet Dart of Britain.

However, Rishika Sunkara failed to drive home the advantage after a 3-0 lead in the third set, as she lost the first round to Pei-Chi Lee of Chinese Taipei in the third set tie-break.

The results: 42,500 Euros Challenger, Recanati, Italy: Doubles (quarterfinals): Ken Skupski (GBr) & Divij Sharan bt Salvatore Caruso & Stefano Napolitano (Ita) 7-6(4), 6-2.

$50,000 Challenger, Binghamton, US: Singles (first round): Mitchell Krueger (US) bt Saketh Myneni 6-4, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF, Shaanxi, China: Doubles (semifinals): Zhe Li (Chn) & Sriram Balaji bt Hiroki Kondo & Kento Takeuchi (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2.

$10,000 ITF, Godfrey, US: Singles (first round): Sameer Kumar (US) bt Christopher Marquis 6-2, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jordi Arconada (Arg) & Dominic Cotrone (US) bt Mico Santiago (US) & Ankit Chopra 6-3, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Tin Hau, Hong Kong:Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Prerna Bhambri bt Kyoka Okamura (Jpn) 6-1, 1-6, 10-5. First round: Pei-Chi Lee (Tpe) bt Rishika Sunkara 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Harriet Dart (GBr) & Rishika Sunkara bt Ola Abou Zekry (Egy) & Nungnadda Wannasuk (Tha) 6-3, 6-2; Beatrice Gumulya (Ina) & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Shu-Ying Hsieh (Tpe) & Prerna Bhambri 6-3, 2-6, 10-7.

$10,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Singles (first round): Julia Jones (US) bt Simran Kaur Sethi 6-3, 6-2; Dhruthi Venugopal bt Martina Pradova (Cze) 6-0, 6-4; Caroline Rohde-Moe (Nor) bt Ojasvinee Singh 6-0, 6-2.