The two traded breaks in the fourth and fifth games of the second set before Sanaa made it a set-all breaking Poojashree's serve in the sixth and eighth games.

In the decider, Sanaa snatched an early break in the third game only to drop hers in the next. Poojashree got the crucial break in the fifth game as Sanaa netted a forehand and she then cruised through to win the set and the match after two hours and 18 minutes.

Lakhani and Kolesnichenko kept dropping their service till the Indian eventually held hers after breaking the Uzbek for the third time to take the first set. Thereafter Lakhani steadied her game to take the second set comfortably.