Manisha in doubles final

NEW DELHI, OCT. 22. Manisha Malhotra made the doubles final of the $ 50,000 USTA women's circuit tennis tournament in Largo, Florida, but the final was abandoned because of bad weather, last week.

Manisha in partnership with Leanne Baker of New Zealand beat the top-seeded Marissa Irvin and Katie Schlukebir of the U.S. 6-4, 6- 3 in the semifinals, after having got past Ansley Cargill of the U.S. and Petra Rampre of Slovenia 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the earlier round.

In the final, the Indo-Kiwi pair was pitted against the second- seeded Erika De Lone of the U.S. and, the singles winner of the tournament, Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland. As per the ITF rules, both the finalist teams were awarded the runners-up prize money of $ 1,500 each and 25 WTA points. Had the match been played, the winner would have gained $ 2,800 and 36 WTA points.

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