ITF Women’s Open: Ankita Raina-Prarthana Thombare battles into doubles quarter-finals | Tennis News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Indian pair of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare battled hard to register an impressive come-from-behind victory to enter the doubles quarter-finals of the $40K ITF Women’s Open at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.The No. 2 seeded duo got the better of the wildcard Indo-German pair of Sharmada Balu and Sarah Rebecca Sekulic 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 in an intense Round-of-16 match that lasted for close to two hours.The third seeded Indo-Swedish pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Jacqueline Awad also advanced to the quarters after defeating Ji Hee Choi (South Korea) and Lee Ya-Hsuan (Taipei) 6-4, 6-2.The all-Indian pair of Pragathi Narayan and Prathiba Narayan, on the other hand, exited in the pre-quarters following a 4-6, 2-6 defeat against Anastasia Kovaleva and Hanna Vinahradava.A ...