Ramya natarajan

 Ramya Natarajan battled past Reina Takahashi of Japan 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the quarterfinlas of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Korea on Friday.

The Japanese had earlier beaten the top seed Hanyu Guo of China in straight sets. Ramya will play wild cad Sohyun Park of Korea in the semifinals.

In the ITF men’s Futures tournament in China, VM Ranjeet continued with his good run and beat Wang Ruixuan of China in three sets to make the semifinals.

Ramya Natarajan got past Eunji Lim of Korea 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Korea on Wednesday.

In the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures in Tunisia, Paras Dahiya led Anis Ghorbel of Tunisia 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 when the latter retired in the first round.

The results:

$25,000 ITF men, La Marsa, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Paras Dahiya bt Anis Ghorbel (Tun) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (retired).

$15,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Dayne Kelly (Aus) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.