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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Finals for both Stathams in Malaysia

Rubin 'Jose' Statham has reached the final of the singles at the ITF Futures tournament in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Statham, seeded sixth, defeated seventh seed Nathan Thompson of USA, in a three set semi-final. The score was 7-5 1-6 6-4

Staham will now face Kyu-Tae Im of Korea, the tournament fifth seed, in the final.

His brother Oliver 'Mikal' Statham has won the doubles final, with partner Xin-Yuan Yu of China.

The top-seeded pair won in the semi-finals against Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia and Nathan Thompson of USA, in straight sets 6-3 6-4.

In the final Statham and Yu played Steven Goh and Joel Lindner of Australia, and took the match 6-1 6-7 10-4.

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