The Times of India
November 15

Second seed Uzbekistan star Akgul Amanamuradova won her second tournament in a row, when she outplayed sixth seed Megha Vakharia in the final of USD 10,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts here on Saturday.

Amanmuradova put out a fighting Wakharia 7-5 6-3 in a one-hour-38-minute clash to lift the top prize and six WTA points besides raising her prize money from the two successful titles in Mumbai and Pune to USD 4,600 and earning a total of 12 points which may help her ranking to go into around 300.

The diminutive 17-year-old Megha, started on a negative note with a double fault. She, however, pulled up her socks by hitting some good forehand returns down both the flanks to race to a 4-1 lead.

The powerful serving Akgul came back to hold her serve in the sixth and eighth games and break Megha's serve in the seventh game to level the score at 4-4.

Akgul again broke Megha in the 11th game and held her serve in the 12th to win the first set.

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