By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza overcame a sluggish start to defeat Alison Riske in the first round of the WTA Family Circle Cup in Charleston, USA. Sania, who had entered the main draw through qualifying route, scored a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over the local player to advance to the second round.
Sania will next take on another American Vania King, who ousted 16th seed Russian Vera Dushevina 6-4, 7-6(7) in her opening round of the $ 721,000 hard court event.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza, India’s first female Grand Slam winner, will open her French Open campaign against Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboev, ranked 95 in
the world.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of China bowed out in straight sets against third seeds Lisa Raymond of USA and her Czech partner Kveta Peschke in the women’s doubles semifinal of the USD 4.5 million Miami Masters here.
The unseeded Indo-Chinese duo lost 6-7 (5/7) 4-6 making way for Raymond and Peschke to enter the final of the prestigious hard court event here late last night.

By Jilawatan

India’s Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) lost to Lisa Raymond of the US and Czech Kveta Peschke in the women’s doubles semifinal of the $4.5 million Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament. The unseeded Indian-Chinese pair went down 6-7 (5), 4-6 to the the third seeds Friday. Raymond and Peschke will face wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France, who beat Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the other semifinal.

By Jilawatan

Roger Federer has advanced to the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Andy Roddick 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

With the victory Wednesday night, Federer improved to 17-2 against Roddick and avenged a loss when they met in Key Biscayne quarterfinals last year.