Huynh Phuong Dai Trang and her partner Keren Shlomo won the women's doubles title at the International Tennis Federation's US$10,000 Kalamata Open on Thursday.

The No 1 seeds beat Stefanie Stemmer and Kathinka von Deichmann 3-6, 6-2 [12-10] for the crown.

Trang earlier advanced to the quarter-finals of the singles event after defeating Briton Laura Deigman 7-6 (2), 7-5. She will next meet Deichmann of Liechtenstein again.

Deichmann went through after a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Natasha Bredl of Austria.-VNS