By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza and Russia’s Elena Vesnina stopped fourth-seeded Americans Meghan Shaughnessy and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the doubles title in the Family Circle Cup in Charleston on Sunday.

By Jilawatan

Elena Vesnina did not win the Family Circle Cup singles title Sunday, but she did not leave Daniel Island empty-handed. Vesnina, who lost Sunday to world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the singles final, teamed with Sania Mirza to win the Family Circle Cup doubles title.

By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza jumped 17 places to 73 in the women’s singles rankings while Somdev Devvarman slipped a spot in the men’s singles rankings, released Monday.

Sania last week reached the quarterfinals in a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour event at Charleston after three-and-a-half years.

By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza has entered her first quarterfinals at a WTA Tour tournament after three and a half years when she beat German wildcard Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-4, at the Family Circle Cup here.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza has been dropping in her rankings with initial defeats in the tournaments she has being playing this year. She will be playing budding Chinese Shuai Peng in the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup being held in the USA.