Tennis News
At French Open 2011, Roland Garros, France

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,72) bt Kristina Barrois (GER,73) 63 63

Doubles
[R1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)/ Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Tommy Haas (GER)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

Sania broke Kristina in 4th game before saving 2 break points in 5th game ... In 8th game Kristina saved 3 set points but Sania hold her serve in 9th game to won first set ... In second set Sania wasted a break point in a 1st game but saved 2 break points in 2nd game ... Sania broke Kristina in 3rd game but Kristina fought back to broke Sania in 6th game to ake it 3-all ... Immediately Sania broke Kristina in 4th game to take 4-3 lead ... Then Sania saved 2 break points in 8th game to hold her serve ... Sania completed her only second French Open win in main-draw in a style breaking Kristina in 9th game.

In men's doubles draw our all teams r in top draw ... Indian Express and Indo-Pak Express can meet eachother in the semis ... Other hand Sommy and Lu having tough match against experienced Spanish pair.

Sania and Elena r 7th seed but tough draw for them starting from Russian pair.
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At $35K+H Alessandria Challenger, Italy

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Adrian Ungur (ROU)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)

This week Purav is playing with Sadik at Alessandria Challenger .. They r 4th seeds.