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Journalism of Courage
NEW DELHI, March 6: After a great week at Mumbai, Qin Yang looks set to wind up her Indian tour with yet another title as she led a pack of plucky Chinese girls into the final day of the 10,000 Central Bank ITF Women8217;s Circuit at the Delhi Tennis Association courts here on Saturday.
With countrywoman Ting Li providing just the sort of shaking up she needed in the quarters, Qin creamed Austrian Julia Adlbrecht 6-0, 6-0 in under an hour in the semis to traipse into the final.
In a surprisingly easy upset win, another Chinese Ding Ding sent the last surviving seed, Japan8217;s Nami Urabe, out of the tournament in straight sets to set up a final date with friend Qin.
Meanwhile, Qin Yang took a break, came back with Japanese partner Motoe Uchida and enjoyed herself thoroughly on the way to the doubles final. The two sent out Benjamins Sangaram and Abigail Tordoff in what was the day8217;s best exhibition of doubles action.
Results
Singles semi-finals: Qin Yang Chn bt Julia Adlbrecht Aut 6-0, 6-0,Ding Ding Chn bt Nami Urabe Jpn 6-3, 6-3
Doubles semi-finals: Li TIng/Ding Ding Chn bt Arati Ponappa/ Rushmi Chakravarthi Ind 6-2, 6-2, Qin Yang Chn/Uchida Jpn bt Benjamins Sangaram Tha/Abigail Tordoff Gbr 6-1, 6-4.
Quarter-finals: Arati Ponappa/Rushmi Chakravarti Ind bt Nami Urabe/Yoriko Yamagishi Jpn 6-3, 6-2; Li Ting/Ding Ding Chn w/o Julia Adlbrecht/Mantler Aut; Qin Yang Chn/Uchida Jpn bt Otakeyama/ Hisamatsu Jpn 6-2, 6-0; Sangaram Tha/Tordoff Gbr bt Takase Jpn/Wongkamalasai Tha 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
