ITF women’s tennis: Prarthana in doubles semifinals

India’s Prarthana Thombare and Lara Sailden of Belgium defeated Flavie Brugnone and Lucie Wargnier of France 6-4, 3-6, [10-7] to reach the doubles semifinals of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tourname

India’s Prarthana Thombare and Lara Sailden of Belgium defeated Flavie Brugnone and Lucie Wargnier of France 6-4, 3-6, [10-7] to reach the doubles semifinals of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here.

In the same tournament, qualifier Karman Kaur Thandi lost 7-5, 7-5 to Estelle Cascino in the first round.

In the ITF women’s event in Tunisia, qualifier Jennifer Luikham downed fifth seed Chiara Catini of Italy 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round, but was outplayed in the pre-quarterfinals by Lucija Ciric Bagaric of Croatia.