Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tennis News
At $2M Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships,

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mara Santangelo (ITA) l (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Liezel Huber (USA) 36 36

Match was loking close than score suggest as in the first set with single break Cara and Liezel won it ... They converted 1 break point from 2 chances but Sania and Mara wasted 2 break point chances they got ... In second set Cara-Liezel pair broke Sania-Mara's serve 4 time but Sania-Mara also broke their serve 2 times ... So with that Sania's Dubai tournament was over ... Now she is taking deserving 2 weeks off from the tour and will be back at Indian Wells and Miami open where she need to play qualifying.
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At $25K Surprise Tournament, Arizona, USA

[Q1] (1) UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ WEBLEY-SMITH Emily (GBR) bt (WC) BISHARAT April (USA)/ SCANDALIS Zoe Gwen (USA) 61 61

[R1] (Q) UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ WEBLEY-SMITH Emily (GBR) bt BRENGLE Madison (USA)/ GLUSHKO Julia (ISR) 64 36 10(7)

[QF] (Q) UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ WEBLEY-SMITH Emily (GBR) vs (2) CRAVERO Jorgelina (ARG)/ IVANOVA Ekaterina (RUS)

Shikha is playing doubles with British player ... They qualified for maindraw ... And started with win in super tie-break ... Now they will face 2nd seed pair in quarters.

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