Tennis | Ekaterina claims her maiden pro title
The Hindu
Second straight runner-up finish for Diana
Russia’s Ekaterina Reyngold beat fifth seed Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the $25,000 ITF tennis tournament at the Ganesh Naik Complex on Sunday.
It was not only a maiden title in the professional circuit for the 20-year-old Russian, who had earlier ousted the fourth, seventh and second seeds, but also a sweet revenge after she had lost to the Latvian in the semifinals of the last tournament in Pune in a third set tie-break.
While Ekaterina converted seven of the nine break points that she forced, Diana could hold serve only once in the match.
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