Sania moves up in doubles rankings, static in singlesApril 25th, 2009By Jilawatan
Doubles titleApril 13th, 2009By 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. Petrova beats 14-year-old Keys at Ponte VedraApril 10th, 2009By Jilawatan
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. Sania crashes out of MPS Group Championships openerApril 9th, 2009By Jilawatan
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. Sania makes first round exit in FloridaApril 6th, 2009By 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. |
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Sania Mirza’s first doubles title of the year has helped her jump nine places to 59th in the WTA rankings even as she remained static at 100th in the singles chart issued on Monday.
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.
India’s Sania Mirza has crashed out of the first round of the MPS Group Championships tennis.