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At French Open 2011, Roland Garros, France
[QF] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 76(2) 36 67(3)
[SF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (4) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 63 26 64
Doubles Final
(7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
Rohan and Aisam failed to cross line ... Bryans proved strong for them in tie-break ... Tough loss for them.
Elena started with serve, in beginning both pairs hold their serves ... Sania and Elena take crucial break in 6th game breaking Liezek Huber's serve ... In next game Sania saved a break point before holding her serve ... Our pair converted 3rd set point on Elena's serve to won the first set ... In the second set Huber and Raymond broke Elena's serve in 2nd game but immediately our pair broke Lisa's serve in 3rd game ... In 4th game Sania failed to hold her serve, 1-3 ... In 6th game they saved few break points on Elena's serve and had opportunity to break Lisa but couldn't take it ... Huber and Raymond again broke Sania in 8th game to won the second set ... In third set our pair broke Liezel's serve in 1st game to take early lead but Huber and Raymond fought back breaking Elena's serve in 6th game, 3-3 ... But Sania and Elena immediately broke Raymond in 7th game with blistering returns to take crucial break ... And then hold their services converting first match point to scored memorable win ... So this is 24 yrs old pair's first Grand slam final ... In the final they r facing unseeded giant-killers Czech pair.
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At $75K+H Nottingham Challenger, Great Britain (Grass)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Rik De Voest (RSA) l Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Edouardo Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 46
[R1] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Martin Emmrich (GER) 76(4) 46 12-14
Treat and Purav played superbly against third seed Germans and won the first set in tie-break ... In second set Purav and Treat take early break but after that both pairs traded breaks ... Germans take crucial break in 10th game to won the second set ... After that Purav and Treat lost very close super tie-break.
Another disappointing outing for Sommy in doubles ... They lost in straight sets with a single break in each set.
At French Open 2011, Roland Garros, France
[QF] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 76(2) 36 67(3)
[SF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (4) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 63 26 64
Doubles Final
(7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
Rohan and Aisam failed to cross line ... Bryans proved strong for them in tie-break ... Tough loss for them.
Elena started with serve, in beginning both pairs hold their serves ... Sania and Elena take crucial break in 6th game breaking Liezek Huber's serve ... In next game Sania saved a break point before holding her serve ... Our pair converted 3rd set point on Elena's serve to won the first set ... In the second set Huber and Raymond broke Elena's serve in 2nd game but immediately our pair broke Lisa's serve in 3rd game ... In 4th game Sania failed to hold her serve, 1-3 ... In 6th game they saved few break points on Elena's serve and had opportunity to break Lisa but couldn't take it ... Huber and Raymond again broke Sania in 8th game to won the second set ... In third set our pair broke Liezel's serve in 1st game to take early lead but Huber and Raymond fought back breaking Elena's serve in 6th game, 3-3 ... But Sania and Elena immediately broke Raymond in 7th game with blistering returns to take crucial break ... And then hold their services converting first match point to scored memorable win ... So this is 24 yrs old pair's first Grand slam final ... In the final they r facing unseeded giant-killers Czech pair.
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At $75K+H Nottingham Challenger, Great Britain (Grass)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Rik De Voest (RSA) l Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Edouardo Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 46
[R1] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Martin Emmrich (GER) 76(4) 46 12-14
Treat and Purav played superbly against third seed Germans and won the first set in tie-break ... In second set Purav and Treat take early break but after that both pairs traded breaks ... Germans take crucial break in 10th game to won the second set ... After that Purav and Treat lost very close super tie-break.
Another disappointing outing for Sommy in doubles ... They lost in straight sets with a single break in each set.
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