Zaruhi Harutyunyan wins her first ITF title in Turkey Gibrahayer Saturday 20 May 2006 - Armenia s rising tennis star 15 year old Zaruhi Harutyunyan won her first ITF title by defeating South Africa s number one player Bianca Swanepoel in the singles of the international world ranking tournament that concluded today at the Enka Sports Club in Bolis. In a three-set nail-biting final that was watched by local tennis fans and cheering Bolsahays Harutyunyan found herself losing 3-1 and 15-40 in the final set before regrouping and fighting back to clinch the set the match and the championship 5-7 6-2 6-4. "I refused to let the championship slip away after having come so close ... not here not today" said young Zaruhi in a telephone interview after the match. "I look forward to doing equally well in the second tournament this week " she concluded. The TED tournament begins on Monday in Bolis. Today s championship win will most likely place her in the top 300 in the world a dramatic climb of 900 positions in a few months when she began her tour in January 2006 in Bangladesh at position 1245 in the world. Harutyunyan has been practising in Cyprus since September 2005 in a program with the Cyprus National tennis team and since March 2006 in England with ex Wimbledon champion Jo Durie in the Academy of Alan Jones in Hazelwood.