<p>India’s Prerna Bhambri cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Nan Nan Zhang of China to reach the final of the $10,000 ITF Gulbarga Open Women’s Futures championship at the Dr Chandrashekar Patil stadium here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Prerna will lock horns with fourth seed Zi Yang of China, who stunned top seed Wing Yau Venise Chan of Hong Kong 6-0, 6-0 in the second semifinal, in the summit clash. <br />“I played my natural game but the match was easier than expected,’’ Prerna said after the match. <br /><br />The 20-year-old Prerna, ranked 803 on the WTA rankings, broke Zhang in the third and seventh games of the first set to take a 5-2 lead before holding serve in the eighth game to claim the set 6-2. <br /><br />In the second set, Zhang put up a semblance of a fight stretching Prerna to deuce in the second and fourth games but the latter held firm to come through. <br /><br />Prerna then broke Zhang in the fifth game, aided by her opponent’s unforced errors. The Indian broke Zhang’s serve again in the seventh game to take a decisive 5-2 lead before closing out the match on serve at 6-2. <br /><br />Zi Yang, meanwhile, blanked top seeded Chan without losing a game. Chan’s error-prone game only made Yang’s efforts easier as he slammed some fine winners to come out on top. <br /><br />Third-seeded Korean pair of Hae-Sung Kim and Ju-Eun Kim eased past Pei-Chi Lee and Chia Hsien Yang of Taipei 6-1, 6-1 to win the doubles title.<br /><br />Results (semifinals, prefix denotes seedings): Prerna Bhambri (Ind) bt Nan Nan Zhang (Chn) 6-2, 6-2; 4-Zi Yang (Chn) bt 1-Wing Yau Venise Chan (Hkg) 6-0, 6-0.<br />Doubles: Final: 3-Hae-Sung Kim/ Ju-Eun Kim (Kor) bt Pei-Chi Lee/ Chia Hsien Yang (Tpe) 6-1, 6-1.<br /><br />Semifinals: Pei-Chi Lee/ Chia Hsien Yang (Tpe) bt Risa Hasegawa/ Yumi Miyazaki (Japan) 6-1, 6-3; Hae-Sung Kim/ Ju-Eun Kim (Korea) bt Rutuja Bhosale/ Rishika Sunkara (India) 6-1, 6-2.</p>
<p>India’s Prerna Bhambri cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Nan Nan Zhang of China to reach the final of the $10,000 ITF Gulbarga Open Women’s Futures championship at the Dr Chandrashekar Patil stadium here on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Prerna will lock horns with fourth seed Zi Yang of China, who stunned top seed Wing Yau Venise Chan of Hong Kong 6-0, 6-0 in the second semifinal, in the summit clash. <br />“I played my natural game but the match was easier than expected,’’ Prerna said after the match. <br /><br />The 20-year-old Prerna, ranked 803 on the WTA rankings, broke Zhang in the third and seventh games of the first set to take a 5-2 lead before holding serve in the eighth game to claim the set 6-2. <br /><br />In the second set, Zhang put up a semblance of a fight stretching Prerna to deuce in the second and fourth games but the latter held firm to come through. <br /><br />Prerna then broke Zhang in the fifth game, aided by her opponent’s unforced errors. The Indian broke Zhang’s serve again in the seventh game to take a decisive 5-2 lead before closing out the match on serve at 6-2. <br /><br />Zi Yang, meanwhile, blanked top seeded Chan without losing a game. Chan’s error-prone game only made Yang’s efforts easier as he slammed some fine winners to come out on top. <br /><br />Third-seeded Korean pair of Hae-Sung Kim and Ju-Eun Kim eased past Pei-Chi Lee and Chia Hsien Yang of Taipei 6-1, 6-1 to win the doubles title.<br /><br />Results (semifinals, prefix denotes seedings): Prerna Bhambri (Ind) bt Nan Nan Zhang (Chn) 6-2, 6-2; 4-Zi Yang (Chn) bt 1-Wing Yau Venise Chan (Hkg) 6-0, 6-0.<br />Doubles: Final: 3-Hae-Sung Kim/ Ju-Eun Kim (Kor) bt Pei-Chi Lee/ Chia Hsien Yang (Tpe) 6-1, 6-1.<br /><br />Semifinals: Pei-Chi Lee/ Chia Hsien Yang (Tpe) bt Risa Hasegawa/ Yumi Miyazaki (Japan) 6-1, 6-3; Hae-Sung Kim/ Ju-Eun Kim (Korea) bt Rutuja Bhosale/ Rishika Sunkara (India) 6-1, 6-2.</p>
