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Karan Rastogi wins doubles title

May 29, 2004 19:52 IST

India's [ Images ] Karan Rastogi [ Images ] and partner Yi Chu-Huan (Chinese Taipei) won the doubles title in the Grade I 40th Astrid Bowl Charleroi Belgian International Junior Championships, at the Royal Astrid Tennis Club, Loverval, Belgium.

Seeded No. 2 in the doubles main draw, Rastogi and Yi beat Indian pair Tushar Liberhan and Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-3 in the final.

Earlier, Rastogi squandered the advantage of winning the opening set and a 5-1 lead in the second, to go down to unseeded Canadian Erik Chvojka 6-2, 6-7 (1), 3-6 in an exciting second round match.

The May 24 to 29 clay tournament is the last warm up competition before Rastogi begins his campaign in the French Open [ Images ].

Rastogi's route to the Doubles final:
1st round: BYE
2nd round: Beat Scoville Jenkins/Michael Samara (USA) 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3
Quarter-finals: Walk over Lachlan Ferguson/Joel Kerley (Australia [ Images ])
Semi-finals: bt Viktor Troicki (Serbia & Montenegro)/Mehdi Ziadi (Morocco) 6-1, 6-1