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New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic (right) has scored a good win in the final round of qualifying for the US$600,000 ($852,030) China Open in Beijing. Erakovic, 19, beat Colombian world No 116 Catalina Castano 6-4, 6-0 yesterday to reach the main draw.
By making the main draw she will gain a minimum 15 ranking points and US$3000 in prizemoney which will improve her 158 ranking.
Erakovic will play world No 23 Agnes Szavay, of Hungary, a US Open quarter-finalist this month, in the first round.