Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2014, Melbourne

Doubles
[QF] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA) 26 63 46

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) vs Julia Goerges (GER)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Juniors Doubles
[R2] Snehadevi Reddy (IND)/ Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND) l (1) Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)/ Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) 16 26

In the first set Sania-Cara broke Italian opponent in 2nd game to lead 2-0 but after that top-seed Italian broke Sania-Cara thrice in a row ... They won six games in a row to won this set ... In the second set Sania-Cara broke Italian 2nd and 4th games to lead 4-0 but after that again they lost their service games in 5th and 7th games to brought set on the serve, 4-3 ... Sania-Cara take crucial break in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then Sania hold her serve to won the second set ... In the final set Sania-Cara broke Italian 1st game to lead 2-0 ... Again our pair broke Italian in 5th game to lead 4-1 and after that terrible turnaround happened ... Italian pair won next five games in that they broke Sania-Cara thrice and also saved 4 break points in 9th game to won this see-saw match ... Missed opportunities for Sania and Cara ... So now Sania's challenge remains only in mixed doubles.

In MXD Sania-Tecau r facing Aisam-Goerger in the quarters.

Top-seed east European pair proved too strong for Snehadevi-Dhruthi in the second round.

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