By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza squandered a one-set lead to lose to 13th seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in the singles semi-final of the Aegon Classic, thus missing an opportunity to play her second final of the year.

By Jilawatan

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza, India’s first female Grand Slam winner, will open her French Open campaign against Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboev, ranked 95 in
the world.

By Jilawatan

Vera Zvonareva of Russia and India’s Sania Mirza won semifinal matches Saturday and will play for the title at the Pattaya Open on Sunday.

The top-seeded Zvonareva easily breezed past seventh-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel, 6-1, 6-4. Peer won this title in 2006. Mirza, meanwhile, pulled out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 triumph over eighth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza crashed out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday after losing her second round match 7-5, 6-2 to World No. 24 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia. Second seed Dinara Safina, the runner up at the Australian Open, and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also the casualities of round. France’s Virginie Razzano beat Safina 6-4, 6-2 while Kuznetsova lost to Elena Vesnina 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.