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At $220K PTT Pattaya Women's Open, Thailand

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,126) bt (Q) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,196) 64 60

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,126) vs (6) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,41)

First Set
Diatchenko started match with serve.
VD hold after saving 3 bps
0-1 VD put SM under pressure attacking SM's second serve to created 2 bps @ 15-40, SM saved both and hold
1-1 SM breaks @ 15-40 to take early lead
2-1 SM struggling with her 1st sere but still hold @ 30
3-1 VD hold @ 15
3-2 VD broke back @ 15, so score levels
3-3 Vd hold @ 30, now she won 3 games on trot ... C'mon Sania
3-4 SM hold on luv, her 1st serve percentage - 48%
4-4 SM take crucial break in the 9th game @ 15, so SM serving for the first set
5-4 SM hold to won the first set after duece, VD saved 1 set point
6-4

Won the first set in 37 mins.

SM - 1st serve percentage 42%, Aces 2, Double Faults 0, BPs won 2 from 5
VD - 1st serve percentage 48%, Aces 0, Double Faults 4, BPs won 1 from 3

Second Set
SM started strongly breaking VD's serve on luv to take early lead in the second set
1-0 SM hold after saving 1 bp
2-0 Another break for SM @ 15 ... Now she dominating VD
3-0 SM hold @ 15 to strengthen 2 breaks lead
4-0 SM converted 2nd bp after 4 dueces, VD committed 4 double faults in this single game, now SM need to hold her serve to win this second round match
5-0 SM hold on 15 to scored easy victory, in this final game SM started with 2 aces
6-0

Sania won second set in 25 mins to score dominating win ... Improved match stats in the second set.

SM - 1st serve percentage 72%, Aces 4, Double Faults 1, BPs won 3 from 4
VD - 1st serve percentage 48%, Aces 0, Double Faults 4, BPs won 0 from 1

Overall Sania won 63 points and Diatchenko only managed 40 points in this 1 hour 2 minutes match .... Next match is real test against experience local girl, #41 Tamarine Tanasugarn.
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At € 1.445M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Igor Andreev (RUS)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 62 61

Very dominating win by our pair in just 45 minutes ... Our pairs serve broke down 2 times but they also broke opponents serve 7 times.
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At $15K+H Ivory Coast F2, Abidjan

[R2] SHARAN Divij (IND,698) l (5) SEMJAN Marek (SVK,377) 67(4) 67(4)

Doubles
[QF] BONDARENKO Vladislav (UKR)/ SHARAN Divij (IND) l DUCLOS Pierre-Ludovic (CAN)/ HAIDER-MAURER Andreas (AUT) 36 46

Was very close match as both sets went to tie-break ... Tough luck but promising performance by Divij ... He also lost in doubles quarters against 2nd seed with Ukranian partner.