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New Zealand No 1 Marina Erakovic has scored her career first doubles title with a win at the US$25,000 ($32,000) tournament at Padova, Italy.
Erakovic, 19, teamed up with Estonian Maret Ani to defeat Russians Ekaterina Afinogenova and Eugenia Grebenyuk 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals and then Germans Vanessa Henke and Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
At the US$10,000 Futures at Rochester, New York, Rubin Statham has been defeated in the quarter-finals of the singles by American Robert Yim 6-4, 6-2.
Shona Lee and Colombian doubles partner, Paula Zabala were also beaten, losing to Vilmarie Castellvi (Puerto Rico) and Kim-Anh Nguyen (United States) 7-6(2), 6-2 in the semifinals of the US$10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Edmond, Oklahoma.