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India’s Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s (Taiwan) Chia-Jung Chuang stormed into the second round of the 3,500,000 euros Madrid Masters ten
nis with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Ma Emilia Salerni and Spain’s Silvia Soler Espinosa.

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India’s Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s (Taiwan) Chia-Jung Chuang shocked eighth-seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual to storm into the semi-finals of the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament.

The Indo-Taiwanese pair beat the Spaniards 6-3, 7-6(4) here on Wednesday.

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India’s Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) lost to Lisa Raymond of the US and Czech Kveta Peschke in the women’s doubles semifinal of the $4.5 million Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament. The unseeded Indian-Chinese pair went down 6-7 (5), 4-6 to the the third seeds Friday. Raymond and Peschke will face wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France, who beat Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the other semifinal.

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India’s Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s (Taiwan) Chia-Jung Chuang shocked eighth-seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual to storm into the semi-finals of the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament.

The Indo-Taiwanese pair beat the Spaniards 6-3, 7-6(4) here on Wednesday.

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Sania Mirza’s lean patch continued as the Indian ace crashed out of the USD 4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open after losing a gruelling first round match against world number 65 Mathilde Johansson of France here.