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De los Rios Perseveres Steady Approach Proves Effective

While her mother and daughter looked on, Paraguay's Rossana de los Rios patiently scratched her way through three sets Sunday to beat Estonia's Maret Ani and win the singles at the ColemanVision Tennis Championships.

The scores in the two-hour title match were 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-2.

For a while Sunday it looked as if there might not be any tennis at Tanoan Country Club.

The doubles started at 1 p.m., but at 1:45, lightning flashed and minutes later the sky opened up violently for 20 minutes.

Eventually, the Squeegees blow-dryers and towels came out.

At 3:30 p.m., the doubles resumed and, at the same time, the singles began.

A freckle-faced, deliberate figure in sunglasses, de los Rios is ...

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