Prerna bows out in doubles

Prerna Bhambri and Keren Shlomo of Israel lost 3-6, 6-1, 10-6 to Ao Gai and Yuqi Sheng of China in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Monday.

The results: $15,000 ITF women, Hong Kong: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ao Gai & Yuqi Sheng (Chn) bt Keren Shlomo (Isr) & Prerna Bhambri 3-6, 6-1, 10-6; Yuka Higuchi & Hirono Watanabe (Jpn) bt Ola Abou Zekry (Egy) & Natasha Palha 6-3, 7-5.

$10,000 ITF men, Essen, Germany: Qualifying event (first round): Jan Lukas Kern (Ger) bt Dhruv Vyas 6-2, 6-2; Alex Solanki bt David Korsten (Ger) 6-4, 6-4.