Riya Bhatia in partnership with Sada Nahimana beat Rutuja Bhosale and Wushuang Zheng 6-3, 6-3 in the doubles semifinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday.
In the final, Riya and Sada will play the third seeds Estelle Cascino and Patricia Maria Tig.
The results: $100,000 Challenger, Cary, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Kody Pearson (Aus) & Joshua Sheehy (USA) bt Niki Poonacha & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-2].
€91,250 Challenger, Brasov, Romania: Doubles (semifinals): Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) & Santiago Taverna (Arg) bt Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) 5-7, 6-4, [10-8].
$30,000 ITF men, Hillcrest, South Africa: Doubles (quarterfinals): Gerard Henning & Philip Henning (RSA) bt Ishaque Eqbal & Thando Longwe-Smit (RSA) 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-3.
$60,000 ITF women, Bucharest, Romania: Doubles (semifinals): Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Wushuang Zheng (Chn) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Hillcrest, South Africa: Singles (quarterfinals): Lexue Xiao (Chn) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF women, Los Angeles, USA: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Krisha Mahendran bt Claire An (USA) 6-2, 6-0.