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Venkatraman wins ITF title

Second seed Archana Venkatraman defeated third seed Sheetal Goutam 6-4, 6-1 to win the women's singles title in the BSNL-ITF women's tennis tournament on Saturday.

In the final, which was played on the decoturf courts of Emerald Heights school at Rau, near Indore, Venkatraman dominated the game from the beginning and took an early 5-0 lead by breaking Sheetal's service twice.

However, Goutam fought back and returned the breaks. She went on to win four consecutive games and took the set score to 4-5 before Venkatraman won the tenth game and set at 6-4.

The second set was a one-sided affair as Venkatraman played intelligently to win 6-1 and claim the ITF title for the second time.

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