<p>Fourth-seeded Prerna Bhambri breezed past talented Natasha Palha 6-3, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF women's tournament at the DLTA complex here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Delhi girl Prerna now plays eighth-seeded and last-time champion Ankita Raina, who won 6-1, 6-4. Ankita showed the door to qualifier Kanika Vaidya, who shocked former national champion Ratnika Batra on Tuesday.<br /><br />In the other second round matches, national champion Rutuja Bhosale swept aside Aishwarya Agrawal 6-1, 6-1 to set a quarterfinal clash with Hong Kong’s Katherine IP. Katherine broke little sweat in getting past Anushka Bhargava 6-2, 6-1.<br /><br />Second-seeded Zhaoxuan Yang of China, too, had little difficulty in overcoming Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1. Zhaoxuan now plays Shweta Rana who decimated Anna-Christin Nilsson of Germany 6-0, 6-0.<br /><br />Results (singles): Katherine IP (Hkg) bt Anushka Bhargava 6-2, 6-1; Rutuja Bhosale bt Aishwarya Agrawal 6-1, 6-1; Prerna Bhambri bt Natasha Palha 6-3, 6-2; Ankita Raina bt Kanika Vaidya 6-1, 6-4; Vanita Dangwal bt Simran Kaur Sethi 6-3, 6-2; Miyabi Inoue (Jpn) bt Tarrannum Handa 6-2, 6-0; Shweta Rana bt Anna-Christin Nilsson (Ger) 6-0, 6-0; Zhaoxuan Yang (Chi) bt Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1.</p>
<p>Fourth-seeded Prerna Bhambri breezed past talented Natasha Palha 6-3, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF women's tournament at the DLTA complex here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Delhi girl Prerna now plays eighth-seeded and last-time champion Ankita Raina, who won 6-1, 6-4. Ankita showed the door to qualifier Kanika Vaidya, who shocked former national champion Ratnika Batra on Tuesday.<br /><br />In the other second round matches, national champion Rutuja Bhosale swept aside Aishwarya Agrawal 6-1, 6-1 to set a quarterfinal clash with Hong Kong’s Katherine IP. Katherine broke little sweat in getting past Anushka Bhargava 6-2, 6-1.<br /><br />Second-seeded Zhaoxuan Yang of China, too, had little difficulty in overcoming Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1. Zhaoxuan now plays Shweta Rana who decimated Anna-Christin Nilsson of Germany 6-0, 6-0.<br /><br />Results (singles): Katherine IP (Hkg) bt Anushka Bhargava 6-2, 6-1; Rutuja Bhosale bt Aishwarya Agrawal 6-1, 6-1; Prerna Bhambri bt Natasha Palha 6-3, 6-2; Ankita Raina bt Kanika Vaidya 6-1, 6-4; Vanita Dangwal bt Simran Kaur Sethi 6-3, 6-2; Miyabi Inoue (Jpn) bt Tarrannum Handa 6-2, 6-0; Shweta Rana bt Anna-Christin Nilsson (Ger) 6-0, 6-0; Zhaoxuan Yang (Chi) bt Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1.</p>
