Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tennis : Rubin Statham a finalist in Malaysia

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

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

But the tournament title eluded Statham in the final, when Kyu-Tae Im of Korea, the tournament fifth seed, won. The score was 7-6 6-1.

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

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

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