New Delhi, Aug 13 - India's Poojashree Venkatesh overcame compatriot Sanaa Bhambri 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Isha Lakhani, the only other Indian to reach the last four stage in the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the DLTA complex here Thursday.

Fourth-seeded Lakhani defeated last week's finalist and sixth-seeded Uzbek Alexandra Kolesnichenko 7-5, 6-3.

In the other quarter-finals, top seed and last week's champion Emily Webley-Smith of Britain continued her domination, dispatching French Elodie Rogge-Dietrich 6-3, 6-2. She next plays eight-seeded Slovak Dalila Jakupovic who scored a 6-4, 6-1 upset win over third-seeded Japanese Anastasia Malhotra.

The second-seeded Poojashree had little difficulty in taking the first set, thanks to a stream of errors by Sanaa. But the Delhi girl Sanaa fought back, showing better court-craft and exploiting her tall opponent's sluggish movement on court by cleverly making her run around, mixing her shots.