Prarthana Thombare progress in Taipei Open

The Indo-Thai pair will play third seeds Monique Adamczak of Australia and Naomi Broady of Britain in the quarterfinals.

Prarthana Thombare is partnered with Asian Games gold medallist Luksika Kumkhum. (file picture)

Prarthana Thombare in partnership with the Asian Games gold medallist Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand reached the doubles quarterfinals of the $125,000 Taipei Open WTA tennis tournament on Wednesday.

The Indo-Thai pair will play third seeds Monique Adamczak of Australia and Naomi Broady of Britain in the quarterfinals.

Ankita Raina reached the singles pre-quarterfinals with a three-set victory over qualifier Megumi Nishimoto of Japan in the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Japan.

The results:

$125,000 Taipei Open WTA, ChineseTaipei

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) & Prarthana Thombare bt Lizette Cabrera (Aus) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) 6-4, 7-5.


$60,000 ITF women, Toyota, Japan

Singles (first round): Ankita Raina bt Megumi Nishimoto (Jpn) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.