August 27th, 2009
By Jilawatan
India’s Sania Mirza produced a battling display to reach the second round of the US Open on Monday by defeating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
It was a hard-fought triumph for the 22-year-old from Hyderabad, whose willingness to force the pace by coming into the net made the difference in a game between two big hitters.
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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.
Tags: Alona, Alona Bondarenko, Anastasia Rodionova, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Caroline Wozniacki, Chia-Jung Chuang, Dominka Cibulkova, Edina Gallovits, Elena Vesnina, ill Craybas, Kateryna, Lilia Osterloh, Madison Keys, Maria Sharapova, Mashona, Melina Czink, MPS Group Championships, Nadia Petrova, Olga Govortsova, Patricia Mayr, Sania Mirza, Shuai Peng, WTA Tour, Zi Yan
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