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Sumit wins East Asian tourney

NEW DELHI APRIL 8. Sumit Prakash Gupta continued with his fine run and clinched the singles title in the ITF East Asian under-14 tennis tournament in Jakarta last week.

The 13-year-old Sumit had won two singles titles in the ITF South and Central Asian circuit here recently to get selected into the ITF team for the East Asian circuit.

Sumit beat Sri Lankan Franklyn Emmanuel 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) to clinch the title.

He also made it to the doubles semifinals with compatriot Jeevan Nedunchezian, and the programme could not be completed last week because of inclement weather. The doubles matches will be completed during the second tournament being played at the same place this week.

While Jeevan made the singles quarterfinals, the two Indian girls, Sandhya Nagaraj and Madura Ranganathan, struggled against better opponents, losing early.

The results: (featuring Indians):

Boys: (Final): Sumit Prakash Gupta bt Franklyn Emmanuel (Sri) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Semifinals : Sumit bt N. S. Nishendran (Sri) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3; Quarterfinals : Sumit bt Min-Fu Ko (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4; N. S. Nishendran bt Jeevan Nedunchezian 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 7-5; Pre-quarterfinals : Sumit bt Mauric Renz Lao (Phi) 6-1 6-3; Jeevan bt Hsin-Han Lee (Tpe) 6-1, 6-4; First round : Sumit bt Tulkarn Kittitanom (Tha) 6-4 6-2; Jeevan bt Agung Dewantoro (Ina) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles:(quarterfinals): Sumit and Jeevan bt Jonathan Lee and Razlan Rawi (Mas) 7-6 (11-9), 6-7 (4-7), 6-1; First round: Sumit and Jeevan bt Aithmetico Lim and Mauric Renz Lao (Phi) 6-0, 6-2.

Girls: (pre-quarterfinals): I-Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) bt Madura Ranganathan 6-3, 6-3; First round: Madura bt Tinusha Sivagnanam (Mas) 6-0, 6-0; Szu Yu Lin (Tpe) bt Sandhya Nagaraj 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Denise Harijanto and Dian Mayasari Ina) bt Sandhya Nagaraj and Madura Ranganathan 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; First round: Sandhya and Madura bt Ratchaya Chaichanachaiharn and Varatchya Wongtheanehai (Tha) 6-3, 6-4.

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