Natasha makes semifinals

Natasha Palha continued her fine form in the Gail $10000 ITF Women's tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Thursday. The 18-year-old made short work of Prarthana Thombare (6-3, 6-2) to set up a semifinal date with Delhi's Simran Kaur Sethi.

Natasha Palha continued her fine form in the Gail $10000 ITF Women's tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Thursday. The 18-year-old made short work of Prarthana Thombare (6-3, 6-2) to set up a semifinal date with Delhi's Simran Kaur Sethi.

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Simran's opponent, second-seeded Prerna Bhambri, retired half way through the first set to give her the last-four stage berth. The only seed left in the draw, fifth-seeded Rishika Sunkara will play the other semifinal against Ho-Ching Wu.

Rishika beat Shweta Rana 6-1, 6-2 while Ho-Ching got the better of Eetee Maheta 6-4, 6-2.