Sania reaches third round in doubles, Bopanna crashes outJune 28th, 2008India’s Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek cruised to the third round of the women’s doubles at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Maria Kirilenko of Russia and Flavia Pennetta of Italy here Saturday.
Rohan Bopanna, though. lost his mixed doubles second round match as he and Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus went down to Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Lisa Raymond of the US 3-6, 6-7 (7-1). Sania advances in Wimbledon doublesJune 27th, 2008London, June 27 (IANS) It might be the end of the road for Sania Mirza in the singles, but the Indian, along with her American partner Bethanie Mattek, made an impressive start to theÃr doubles campaign routing English duo of Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavady 6-4, 6-2, at the Wimbledon tennis Championships here at the All England Club. NAnother Indian Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy have entered the third round of the men’s doubles, the ninth-seeded pair beating American-Australian combine of Eric Butorac and Ashley Fisher 6-3 7-6 (3) Thursday. Sania-Mattek out of title clash at Indian WellsMarch 22nd, 2008
Indian Wells (California): India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek’s fine run in the $2.1 million Pacific Life Open came to an end as they lost to the Chinese pair of Zi Yan and Jie Zheng in the doubles semi-finals here. Doubles Team Avoids Culture ClashAugust 31st, 2007
They are the new Odd Couple of tennis. Sania Mirza is the Indian player who has been criticized by some people in her native country for wearing revealing tennis outfits that are not that revealing by the standards of the sport. A fatwa was reportedly issued by Muslim clerics. |
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