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

Sania Mirza rose to No.68, an improvement of 19 places, in the doubles ranking on the back of her strong showing in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami where she reached the last-four stage with partner Chia-jung Chuang of Taiwan. However, Sania remained at No.100 on the singles list in the WTA released Monday.

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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.

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.