Ankita, Karman in quarterfinals in WTA Chinese Taipei event

In the quarterfinals, the Indian pair will play wild card entrants Ya-Husan Lee and En-Shuo Liang of Chinese Taipei who ousted the top seeds Nao HIbino of Japan and Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia 6-4, 6-2.

Ankita Raina. (File Photo)

Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi combined well to make the quarterfinals of the $125,000 WTA women’s tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals, the Indian pair will play wild card entrants Ya-Husan Lee and En-Shuo Liang of Chinese Taipei who ousted the top seeds Nao HIbino of Japan and Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia 6-4, 6-2.

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The results:

$125,000 WTA, Chinese Taipei

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Raina & Karman Kaur Thandi bt Joanna Garland & Hua-Chen Lee (TPE) 6-3, 6-3; Junri Namigata (Jpn) & Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Choi Ji-Hee (Kor) & Prarthana Thombare 6-4, 7-5.