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[TENNIS] Tamarine Tanasugarn extended her time at Flushing Meadows by helping to stave off two match points to beat Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 in the women's doubles first round of ther US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.

Published on September 1, 2007

Tammy and her partner Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus were facing double match points at 3-5 in the final set, but turned the tables on their rivals in a match that lasted more than two hours.

The doubles win was a consolation for the Thai, who was eliminated from the singles in the first round by Austria's Sybille Bammer 4-6 4-6 on Monday.

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Tamarine advances

[TENNIS] Tamarine Tanasugarn extended her time at Flushing Meadows by helping to stave off two match points to beat Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 in the women's doubles first round of ther US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.

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