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Vol. 5 Num 606 Fri. February 10, 2006  
   
Sports


Int'l Jr Tennis ends today


Lee Hsin Han and Peng Hsien Yin set an all-Taipei boys' singles final after winning their respective semifinals of the Dhaka Bank 20th Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Championship at the National tennis Complex yesterday.

Han defeated Ceban Achima of Moldova 6-3, 6-4 while Yin beat Rungkat Christopher of Indonesia 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Like the boys' event, the girls' final would also be a competition between two compatriots -- Budharto Aris and Silfany Vivien of Indonesia.

Vivien ended Russian wild-card entry Viktoriya Kamens-kaya's dream run with a 7-6, 6-2 win while Aris ousted Korea's Shin Jung-Yoon 6-1, 6-4.

The last Bangladesh hopes were dashed when Henry Prithul Mondol and his Taipei partner Huang Hsuchun crashed 6-2, 6-3 to Taipei duo Lee and Huang, who take on compatriots Chen and Peng in the boys' doubles final.

Meanwhile, Kikuchi of Japan and Lertcheewak of Thailand were handed the girls' doubles title after Zhou, who paired with fellow Chinese Guo to reach the final, was ruled out for a knee injury.

Baishakhi TV will telecast today's three final matches live.

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Silfany Vivien of Indonesia goes for a backhand return during her girls' singles engagement of the Dhaka Bank Junior Tennis Tournament against Kamesnskaya Viktoriya of Russia at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna on Thursday. PHOTO: STAR