Sania-Chuang crash out of Madrid MastersMADRID - India’s Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Jung Chuang’s run in the Madrid Masters tennis doubles came to a halt with a 6-7(4), 4-6 loss to third seeds Kveta Peschke and Lisa Raymond in the semi-final. Sania-Chuang shock second seeds, enter Madrid quartersMADRID - India’s Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) upset second seed Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-7 to enter the doubles quarter-final of the Madrid Masters. Yuki jumps 619 places in ATP rankingsNEW DELHI - India’s tennis sensation Yuki Bhambri’s maiden ITF title win last month has helped the teenager jump 619 places to a career best 839 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. Sania to meet Venus in Family Circle second roundCHARLESTON - India’s Sania Mirza has run into a second round clash with second seed Venus Williams after a straight sets first round win over Bulgarian-born Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva in the Family Circle Cup tennis. Sania to play Karatantcheva in Family Cup openerCHARLESTON - India’s Sania Mirza will play Bulgarian-born Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva in the opening round of $1 million Family Cup tennis tournament. Sania crashes out of MPS Group Championships openerPONTE VEDRA BEACH - India’s Sania Mirza has crashed out of the first round of the MPS Group Championships tennis. Sania-Chia lose doubles semifinal in MiamiMIAMI - 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. Sania jumps 12 places to 75 in tennis rankingsNEW DELHI - Sania Mirza leafrogged 12 places to be at 75th position in Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) charts while Somdev Devvarman climbed four rungs to be at 150th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings Monday. Sania-Santangelo in Dubai doubles second roundDUBAI - India’s Sania Mirza and Italian Mara Santangelo reached the second round of Dubai tennis championship after receiving a walkover from Polish Urszula Radwanska and Swiss Stefanie Voegele. Sania in second round at DubaiDUBAI - India’s Sania Mirza carried her good form in the Dubai Tennis Championships, overpowering Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-2. Sania in Pattaya Open finalPATTAYA - India’s Sania Mirza powered into the final of Pattaya Open tennis after defeating eighth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia here Saturday. Sania in second round of Pattaya OpenNEW DELHI - India’s Sania Mirza overcame a stiff challenge from wildcard Nicha Lertpitaksinchai to enter the second round of Pattaya Open tennis in Thailand here Tuesday. Fed Cup: India relegated to Asia Oceania Zone Group IIPERTH - The Indian women’s team were relegated to Asia Oceania Zone Group II in Fed Cup tennis after losing 0-3 in the play-off against Chinese Taipei here Saturday. I would like to work with Kareena again: Shahid KapurMUMBAI - Shahid Kapur says he doesn’t mind working with ex-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor if a filmmaker wanted him to. The title was the best way to make a comeback: SaniaMUMBAI - India’s star tennis player Sania Mirza said Monday that winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi was the best way she could make a comeback in the international circuit. Paes jumps three places to seventh, Bhupathi sixthNEW DELHI - India’s Leander Paes jumped three places to the seventh spot while Australian Open finalist Mahesh Bhupathi stayed at the sixth position in men’s doubles in the latest Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings Monday. Sania’s family elated over her Grand Slam winHYDERABAD - The family of Sania Mirza is excited and proud over her first Grand Slam title, which she won Sunday with Mahesh Bhupathi in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Bhupathi wins his 11th Grand Slam, first for Sania (Statistics)NEW DELHI - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi added an 11th title to his Grand Slam tally while Sania Mirza won her maiden Grand Slam as the duo won the Australian Open Mixed doubles Sunday. Bhupathi and Knowles fail to stop Bryan twins in finalMELBOURNE - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi failed to add to his four men’s Grand Slam doubles title when he and Mark Knowles fizzled out after a great start to lose the Australian Open final to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan here Saturday. Sania-Bhupathi in mixed doubles, Yuki in boys finalMELBOURNE - It turned out to be India’s day in the Australian Open Friday as Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza entered the mixed doubles final for the second successive year, while Yuki Bhambri breezed into the boys final. Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles final of Australian OpenMELBOURNE - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza moved into the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles beating the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 here Friday. Sania excels to help Bhupathi enter second finalMELBOURNE - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza shrugged off an indifferent start while outplaying Czech pair Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 to enter the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open for the second successive year here Friday. Paes-Dlouhy, Sania-Bhupathi in Australian Open semisMELBOURNE - India’s Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the doubles semifinal while Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi fought their way to reach the last four in the mixed doubles of the Australian Open here Wednesday. Paes, Bhupathi in doubles second round, Sania outMELBOURNE - India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the second of Australian Open tennis with their partners while Sania Mirza crashed out of the women’s doubles at the Melbourne Park here Thursday. Federer sets up another classic with old foe SafinMELBOURNE - Roger Federer showed his dominating form to best advantage with a crushing 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Russian Evgeny Korolov to reach the third round of the Australian Open Wednesday. Shikha hurt at being left out of Fed Cup teamNEW DELHI - Coming down heavily on the Indian government’s new policy on player representation, Shikha Uberoi said she felt like losing her ‘pride’ after being axed from the Fed Cup tennis squad. Government policy axes Sunitha, Shikha from Fed Cup teamNEW DELHI - Tennis players Sunitha Rao and Shikha Uberoi became the first casuality of the government’s policy on player representation as they were dropped from the Indian Fed Cup squad which was announced Friday. |