By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s (Taiwan)Chuang Chia-Jung fought their way past top seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and American Lisa Raymond to clinch the $220,000 MPS Group Championship doubles tennis title.
The unseeded Indo-Taiwanese pair shocked Peschke and Raymond 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 here Sunday.

By Jilawatan

Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung and India’s Sania Mirza exacted a small measure of revenge Sunday when they defeated top seeds Czech Kveta Peschke and American Lisa Raymond to capture the MPS Group Championships women’s doubles in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Chuang and Mirza were ousted by Peschke and Raymond from the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in two tight sets in early April, but returned the favor Sunday in a tense 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 victory.

By Jilawatan

By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Chuang Chia-jung of Taiwan continued their giant-killing ways by knocking out the second-seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-3, 7-6(4) in the quarterfinals and make the last four in the women’s doubles event at the Sony Ericsson Open here on Wednesday.

By Jilawatan

Continuing their dream run in the ATP and WTA tournament, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Taiwanese partner Chuang Chia-Jung humbled second seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-3 7-6(4) to sail into the women’s double semifinal of the USD 4.5 million Sony Ericsson Open here.
On a day of upsets, Sania and Chuang made their presence felt by pulling the rug from under the feet of their seeded opponent whose last ditch effort for a fightback wilted in tie-breaks with the Indo-Taiwan pair seeing it through.