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This is an archive article published on February 5, 1999

Sunil set up title clash with Tembe

CHANDIGARH, Feb 4: Sunil Kumar of India scored a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mark Weaver of Great Britain to move into the final of the boys ca...

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CHANDIGARH, Feb 4: Sunil Kumar of India scored a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mark Weaver of Great Britain to move into the final of the boys category in the ITF Junior Circuit Tennis championship being held at New Delhi.

According to a information received here, 14-year-old Sunil will lock horns with top seed Kedar Tembe also of India.

Sheethal Gautham India entered the finals of the girls category.

She will clashes with compatriot Sonal Phadke.

Tembe beat fourth-seeded Dipesh Rao India 6-2, 7-6 to enter the finals. The top seed faced no major difficulty in taking the first set but Rao came up in the second to take the set to a tie-break. Here Tembe showed his staying power as he took the tie-break 7-4 to take the match.

Sunil, however, never had problems during his match as he beat fifth-seeded mark weaver. He overwhelmed Weaver 6-1, 6-1.

In the girls singles, Sheethal overcame Radhika Mandke in the semifinals, as she staged a dramatic comeback coming up after being a set down. She prevailed over Mandke 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The other girls finalist, Phadke looked in control of the match as she overcame Olga Ozyuba of Kazhakstan 6-4, 6-1.

The finals will be played tomorrow.

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In the doubles, third-seeded pair of Mark Weaver Britain and Ahmed Wahla Pakistan clinched the boys title as they prevailed over Nomi Qamar Pakistan and Panu Karanes Thailand 6-3, 6-3.

The girls doubles was taken by top-seeded pair of Sheethal Gautham and Shruti Dhawan India who breezed past second seeds Radhika Tulpule and Radhika Mandke India 6-0, 6-4.

 

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