The Hindu : Double for Tushar Liberhan

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Monday, Dec 01, 2003

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Double for Tushar Liberhan

NEW DELHI NOV. 30. Tushar Liberhan won a creditable double crown in the ITF grade `III' junior tennis tournament in Miri, Malaysia, on Sunday. It was the fourth singles and fourth doubles title for the NTA trainee, and the first ones at this level.

The 17-year-old Tushar, who had made it to the quarterfinals as a qualifier and lost to the eventual champion Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi in the $10,000 ITF Futures tournament in Dehra Dun the previous week, was in fine nick as he beat the fourth-seeded Patrick Jozwik of Australia 6-1, 6-2 in the final.

In the doubles' final, Tushar in partnership with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, beat the top-seeded Weerapat Doakmaiklee of Thailand and Sunu Wahyu Trijati of Indonesia 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. It was his maiden ITF junior title for the 15-year-old Jeevan.

The results: Boys (singles final): Tushar Liberhan bt Patrick Jozwik (Aus) 6-1, 6-2; Semifinals: Tushar Liberhan bt Naoki Sato (Jpn) 7-5, 7-5; Quarterfinals: Tushar Liberhan bt Sandy Purnomo (Ina) 6-0, 6-1; Pre-quarterfinals: Tushar Liberhan bt Martin Sayer (Hkg) 6-3, 6-4; Weerapat Doakmaiklee (Tha) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles (final): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Tushar Liberhan bt Weerapat Doakmaiklee (Tha) and Sunu Wahyu Trijati (Ina) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Semifinals: Jeevan and Tushar bt Botond Godry (Hun) and Miles Armstrong (Aus) 6-2, 6-3; Quarterfinals: Jeevan and Tushar bt Sandy Purnomo and Anthony Tan (Ina) 6-2, 6-3.

Qualifying event (third and final round): Karthik Raju w.o. Minguel Lorenzo Narvaez (Phi); Dominic Inglot (GBR) bt Vivek Shokeen 6-4, 6-2; Miles Armstrong (Aus) bt Anshuman Dutta 6-3, 6-1; Second round: Karthik Raju bt Derek Drabble (RSA) 6-7 (7-9), 2-0 (retired); Vivek Shokeen bt Jeffery Law (Mas) 6-1, 6-0; Anshuman Dutta bt Sho Aida (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2.

Girls (singles semifinals): So Jung Kim (Kor) bt Ankita Bhambri 6-1, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Ankita Bhambri bt Wan Ting Liu (Chn) 6-7 (3-7), 6-0, 7-5; Pre-quarterfinals: Urska Klemenc (Slo) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-2, 6-3; Ankita Bhambri bt Erika Sema 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles (semifinals): Wan Ting Liu and Suai Zhang (Chn) bt Sanaa Bhambri and Ankita Bhambri 6-4, 6-3; Quarterfinals: Ankita and Sanaa bt Hanne Skak Jensen (Den) and Miyoko Takahshi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1.

Qualifying event (third and final round): Bianca Smith (Aus) bt Oormila Ram 6-1, 6-2.

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