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India's Karman Kaur Thandi wins women's ITF 25K title in Gurugram

India's Karman Kaur Thandi lifted the coveted trophy of the ITF women's 25K Tournament here, beating Belgium's Sofia Costoulas 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in a marathon summit clash

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GURUGRAM: India's Karman Kaur Thandi lifted the coveted trophy of the ITF women's 25K Tournament here, beating Belgium's Sofia Costoulas 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in a marathon summit clash that lasted three hours, here on Sunday. In the first set, Karman showed great resolve to come back from 2-4 down and reeled off four games in a row to take the set at 6-4. Sofia, who reached the girls' singles final at the Australian Open 2022, fought back and levelled the match as she won the second set 2-6. Karman was at her dominant best in the third set, breaking her opponent's serve in the fourth game to make it 3-1 and closed out the match by winning three straight games. With this victory, the 24-year-old has won her second career ITF singles title -- the first coming in Hong Kong in 2018. IANS

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