Prerna Bhambri annexes ITF title

Gulbarga (Karnataka), Sep 29 (IANS): Unseeded Prerna Bhambri capped her fine run by defeating fourth seed Zi Yang of China 6-2, 6-2, in the final of the $10,000 ITF Gulbarga Open Women’s Futures tennis championship here Saturday.

In the final lasting over an hour, Prerna with a dominant display, outplayed Yang who struggled to get going in the match.

Yang, who sparkled in the second set, however, made lot of unforced errors and failed to stay in the hunt while Prerna showcased her all-round game for a deserving victory.

In the doubles final Friday evening, Hae-Sung Kim and Ju-Eun Kim beat Pei-Chi Lee and Chia Hsien Yang 6-1, 6-1.