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Kedriouk takes title for second time in a row
Kazakhstan's Alexey Kedriouk successfully defended his title with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Gregory Howe at the third Coral Beach Open Tennis Championships that concluded in Sharjah last weekend.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:38 April 8, 2008
Dubai: Kazakhstan's Alexey Kedriouk successfully defended his title with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Gregory Howe at the third Coral Beach Open Tennis Championships that concluded in Sharjah last weekend.
Alexey, ranked 520 on the ATP, jumped to a quick 3-0 lead in the first set.
Howe held serve to make it 1-3, only to see his opponent break one more time and then hold serve to win the first set 6-2.
The second set seemed closer with the score tied at 2-2. But Kedriouk took the next four games to win set and match 6-2 and take the title for the second time in a row.
In the women's singles, top seed Grace Talih move into the quarterfinals with an easy 6-1, 6-1 win over Susan Galeon.
Mariam Behroozian also advanced to the next round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Elena Taraskina.
In the girls under-16 semifinals, top seed Talih blanked Christina Vavic 6-0, 6-0, while second seed Fatima Behroozian got the better of Maria Bulilan 6-4, 6-1 in the second semifinal match.
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