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Todor Enev wins ITF Futures title

January 11, 2003 18:13 IST

Fifth seed Todor Enev of Bulgaria won the ITF men's Futures tennis tournament, scoring an upset straight-set victory over third seed Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan at the Oudh Gymkhana courts in Lucknow on Saturday.

Enev, who qualified for the final, beating India's Davis Cupper Harsh Mankad in a tough match on Friday, dominated
proceedings right from the word go for a 6-2, 6-2 win.

The Bulgarian displayed aggressive tennis to steamroll his opponent in 55 minutes.

Enev broke Iwabuchi in the third game of the first set and raced to a 4-1 lead before taking it with a comfortable 6-2 margin.

It was the same story in the second set. After the scores were tied 2-2, Enev went on to finish the game at 6-2 to
win the title.

Enev pocketed US $1300 while Iwabuchi romped him with US $900.

Eneve later termed today's match as an easy one but admitted that his encounter with Mankad yesterday was really
"tough".

The Bulgarian said he would play in both the upcoming legs of the tournament.

The doubles title was annexed by the Indonesian pair of Handoyo and Suwandi, who beat Iwabuchi and Kim 6-4, 6-3.

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