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Chan in line for double

MUMBAI, APRIL 8. Top-seeded Chin-Wei Chan of Chinese Taipei and second-seed Montinee Tangphong of Thailand today lived up to their reputations to set up a title clash in the $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament here today.

In the semifinals, Chan defeated unseeded Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-4, 6-2 in a match that lasted just over an hour.

Chan, who set herself up for a double crown after winning the doubles final later in the evening, raced to a 4-1 lead after earning two breaks in the second and fourth games of the opening set. But Buzarnescu came right back when she broke back in the third and seventh games and held in the eighth to level at 4-4.

Chan then held serve at love in the ninth before breaking Buzarnescu at 30 in the crucial 10th game to take the set. Buzarnescu continued to struggle to hold her serve in the second set, being broken in the fourth and eighth games.

Tangphong took almost the same time to demolish No. 7 seed Yurika Sema of Japan 6-2, 6-1. The Thai, who has featured in the ITF circuit in Mumbai on previous occasions and is quite familiar with the conditions here, earned two breaks in the opening set and three in the second set to subdue Sema without giving her a chance.

Later, Chan and Russian partner Julia Vorobieva demolished Sanaa Bhambri and Buzarnescu 6-2, 6-1 to claim the doubles title.

The results:

Singles (semifinals): Chi-Wei Chan (Tpe) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 6-4, 6-2; Montinee Tangphong (Thai) bt Yurika Sema (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles (final): Chin-Wei Chan & Julia Vorobieva bt Sanaa Bhambri & Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2, 6-1. — UNI

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