Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA,12) 64 2-0 Retd (right shoulder injury)

[SF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,26)

Both players had 8 break point chances but Marion converted only 1 and other hand Sania converted 2 ... In 10th game when Sania was serving for the set Marion had break point but she failed to convert it ... Sania won first set in 48 minutes.

In second set Sania broke Marion's serve in first game ... Then after Sania hold her serve in second game Marion decided to quit match due to injury.

In semis Sania is facing Italian Francesca Schiavone.
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At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 67(2) 26

So French pair continued with their upset win beating our pair in straight sets.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (Q) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Lgor Sijsling (NED) 61 64

Another easy victory for Harsh and Treat against qualifier to moved into semis.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune

Semi Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 76(5)
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) 61 60

Final
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) 63 63

Overall good performance by our young girls, Prerna and Ankita Raina.