TENNIS
Priska Nugroho of Indonesia stayed heading in the right direction for her second successive title as she beat Anastasia Kulikova of Finland 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-3 within the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Ganesh Naik Complex on Saturday.
In the ultimate, Priska will play Valeria Savinykh who ousted third seeded Ankita Raina for the lack of 5 video games.
Priska partnered Ekaterina Yashina to win the doubles last 6-3, 6-1 in opposition to the highest seeded Indian duo of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare who had emerged champions final week in Solapur.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Valeria Savinykh bt Ankita Raina 6-1, 6-4; Priska Nugroho (Ina) bt Anastasia Kulikova (Fin) 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles (last): Priska Nugroho (Ina) & Ekaterina Yashina bt Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1.