Sunday, May 29, 2011

Tennis News
At French Open 2011, Roland Garros, France

Womens Doubles
[R3] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (11) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)/ Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 61 64

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Jie Zheng (CHN)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l Rennae Stubbs (AUS)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 36 7-10

Sania and Elena started with breaking opponent's serve in 2nd game but couldn't hold their serve in next game ... But again they immediately broke them in 4th and 6th games to won first set comfortably ... In the second set also Sania and Elena broke Spanish pair in 1st game but Spanish pair brought set on serve after breaking our pair in 4th game ... Sania and Elena broke Spanish pair's serve on luv in 7th game to take crucial break ... This is huge win considering Spanish players clay court specialty ... So they will face top-seed pair Argentine Gisela Dulko and Italian Flavia Pennetta in quarter-finals.

In mixed doubles 5th seed Zheng and Bhupathi lost against Stubbs and Melo after winning the first set ... Stubbs and Melo won next set and then super tie-break to completed shocking win.

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