June 26, 2011 - 17:42 AMT
Artem Oganesyan comes 2nd at U-18 ITF tennis tournament

Artem Oganesyan of Russia won second place at Sochi-hosted U-18 ITF singles tennis tournament, losing to Serbia’s Laslo Djere 6:2, 6:3.

Oganesyan and Djere won in a doubles tournament, beating Alexandr Chepelev and Karen Khachanov.

In girls singles finals, a 16-year old Muscovite Alena Tarasova beat Sabina Kurbanova of Krasnodar 6:4, 6:0. In a doubles match, Veronika Kudermetova and Polina Novoselova defeated Tarasova-Valetova pair 5:7, 6:2, [10:5].