Smriti Bhasin knocked out the top seed Jacqueline Cabaj Awad of Sweden 6-2, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Hillcrest, South Africa, on Thursday.
In the quarterfinals, Smriti will play Lexue Xiao of China.
The results:
€91,250 Challenger, Brasov, Romania
Doubles (quarterfinals): Siddhant Bhanthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) bt Andrew Paulson & Michael Vrbensky (Cze) 6-4, 7-5.
€91,250 Challenger, Modena, Italy
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ivan Liutarevich & Mick Veldheer (Ned) bt Sergio Gornes (Esp) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-1, 3-6, [10-7].
$54,000 Challenger, Troyes, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfianls): Axel Garcian & Harold Mayot (Fra) bt Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) & Parikshit Somani 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Pablo Gomez (Esp) bt Karan Singh 6-4, 6-4; Cooper Williams (USA) bt Dev Javia 7-5, 6-2.
$60,000 ITF women, Bucharest, Romania
Doubles (quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Wushuang Zheng (Chn) bt Mariana Drazic (Cro) & Shuo Feng (Chn) 7-5, 6-0; Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) bt Ines Ibbou (Alg) & Naima Karamoko (Sui) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Hillcrest, South Africa
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Smriti Bhasin bt Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) 6-2, 6-4; Allegra van der Walt (RSA) bt Paavanii Paathak 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Los Angeles, USA
Singles (first round): Maria Aytoyan (USA) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-4, 6-3; Krisha Mahendran bt Simone Kay (USA) 6-2, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Hong Kong
Doubles (quarterfinals): Mayuka Aikawa & Kisa Yoshioka (Jpn) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi & Yuhan Liu (Chn) 6-2, 6-2.
Published – July 04, 2025 05:40 am IST
