Tennis News
At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
Doubles Final
(4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (3) Jie Zheng (CHN)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 63 62
Sania won her 14th WTA doubles title and the first premier WTA tournament title of 2012
Sania and Bethanie were early break down, 0-2, but they broke back in 4th game to make it 2-all ... Sania and Bethanie again broke their opponent in 8th game and then hold to won the first set ... In the second set Sania and Bethanie broke Jie Zheng and Rosolska in 1st and 3rd game to take 4-0 lead and then hold their service game respectively to complete comfortable win in 70 minutes.
Much required title win for Sania as she gets 470 points and huge confidence boost before French open ... She is defending loads of point as last year's French open finalist so her direct double entry in the Olympics with top 10 finish is under pressure.
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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India
Singles Final
(5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) 62 64
Rishika Sunkara lifted her first $10K ITF title beating 15 yrs old talented Simran Kaur Sethi in the final ... Frankly great week for both players as Simran needed to qualify before reaching into the final.
At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
(4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (3) Jie Zheng (CHN)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 63 62
Sania won her 14th WTA doubles title and the first premier WTA tournament title of 2012
Sania and Bethanie were early break down, 0-2, but they broke back in 4th game to make it 2-all ... Sania and Bethanie again broke their opponent in 8th game and then hold to won the first set ... In the second set Sania and Bethanie broke Jie Zheng and Rosolska in 1st and 3rd game to take 4-0 lead and then hold their service game respectively to complete comfortable win in 70 minutes.
Much required title win for Sania as she gets 470 points and huge confidence boost before French open ... She is defending loads of point as last year's French open finalist so her direct double entry in the Olympics with top 10 finish is under pressure.
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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India
Singles Final
(5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) 62 64
Rishika Sunkara lifted her first $10K ITF title beating 15 yrs old talented Simran Kaur Sethi in the final ... Frankly great week for both players as Simran needed to qualify before reaching into the final.
