April 10th, 2009
By Jilawatan
Top-seeded Nadia Petrova beat 14-year-old American Madison Keys 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of The MPS Group Championships on Wednesday night.
Petrova, ranked No. 10 in the world, won nine of the last 11 games to beat Keys, who was playing in her first WTA Tour event in the season-opening clay-court tournament.
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April 9th, 2009
By Jilawatan
India’s Sania Mirza has crashed out of the first round of the MPS Group Championships tennis.
The unseeded Indian went down to seventh seed Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 4-6, 3-6 here Monday.
Alona next meet her sister, Kateryna, who defeated Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6(2), 6-2.
Tags: Alona Bondarenko, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Kateryna, MPS Group Championships, Sania Mirza
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April 6th, 2009
By Jilawatan
Sania Mirza’s campaign in the $220,000 MPS Group Championships wilted in the first round with seventh seed Alona Bondarenko swamping the Indian in straight sets.
The Ukrainian seventh seeds maintained her supremacy throughout the match to tame Sania 6-4 6-3 and set up a second round tie with sister Kateryna, who defeated Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 7-6(2) 6-2.
Tags: Alona Bondarenko, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Chia-Jung Chuang, Indo-Taipei duo, Kateryna, Lilia Osterloh, Melinda Czink, MPS Group Championships, Sania Mirza
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