Nirupama and Manisha win title

HO CHI MINH CITY, APRIL 22. The top-seeded Nirupama Vaidyanathan and Manisha Malhotra won the title with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over the second- seeded Leanne Baker and Shelley Stephens of New Zealand in the $ 25,000 ITF women's circuit tennis tournament here on Sunday.

The title was worth 22 WTA points and 1200 dollars for the Indian pair.

Earlier in the singles semifinal, the third-seeded Nirupama missed two matchpoints at 5-4 in the decider, in going down 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (3-7) to the second-seeded Na Li of China.

The singles effort was worth 12 WTA points, including two quality points, and $ 1100 for Nirupama, who will be competing in the US from next week.

Manisha will be playing in Japan after a week's rest, as she could not appear for the qualifying event in Seoul as per her original schedule, thanks to her successful doubles run in Vietnam.

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