Sania-Chuang shock second seeds, enter Madrid quartersMay 14th, 2009 MADRID - 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. Sania and Chuang next play Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Elena Vesnina who swept aside Russians Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-1.
Bhupathi through to second round, Sania falters in doublesMarch 15th, 2009 INDIAN WELLS - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner from the Bahamas Mark Knowles reached the second round in men's doubles but it was the end of road for Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-Jung Chuang at the BNP Paribas Open here. Bhupathi-Knowles, seeded third, overcame an initial challenge from Russians Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov before winning 7-5, 6-3 Friday.
Sania jumps 12 places to 75 in tennis rankingsFebruary 24th, 2009 NEW 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 has made a stupendous comeback after being sidelined by a wrist injury much of last year, first winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and then reaching the Pattaya Open final.
Sania goes down in Pattaya Open finalFebruary 14th, 2009 PATTAYA - India's Sania Miza faltered at the final hurdle of the $220,000 Pattaya Open, losing in straight sets to World No.5 and top seed Vera Zvonareva 5-7, 1-6 here Sunday. Unseeded Sania, who was playing her fourth WTA tour final, was broken five times in the match by the Russian who won the match in little over an hour.
Sania to meet Zvonareva in Pattaya Open finalFebruary 13th, 2009 PATTAYA - India's Sania Mirza held off a second set fightback from the eighth-seeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova to win 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, and enter the Pattaya Open final here Saturday. Sania will meet top seed Russian Vera Zvonareva, a semifinalist at the Australian Open last month, who outplayed seventh-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel 6-1, 6-4.
Bhupathi says tennis players to blame for new dope rulesFebruary 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - India's tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi Friday blamed the players for the new stringent dope rules, saying they had brought it upon themselves by cheating repeatedly. 'Lot of players have been cheating.
Australian Open champions return to rousing welcomeFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - India's Australian Open champions returned home Monday to a frenzied reception, promising the country a bright tennis future. It was India's most successful Grand Slam ever with two titles from three finals.
The title was the best way to make a comeback: SaniaFebruary 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - 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. The duo was give a rousing welcome at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Monday after they became the first Indian pair to win a Grand Slam mixed doubles.
Bhupati and Mirza win Australian OpenJanuary 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza beat Israel's Andy Ram and Nathalia Dechy of France to lift the Australian Open mixed doubles title here Sunday. Bhupathi and Sania won 6-3, 6-1 in 55 minutes at Melbourne Park here.
Sania's family elated over her Grand Slam winJanuary 31st, 2009 HYDERABAD - 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. 'I thank Allah for blessing her with this title.
Bhupathi and Sania win Australian Open mixed doubles titleJanuary 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi won his 11th Grand Slam title, the first with an Indian partner Sania Mirza when they beat Israel's Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy of France in the Australian Open final here Sunday. It was Bhupathi's seventh mixed doubles title while Sania become the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam.
Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles final of Australian OpenJanuary 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - 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. Bhupathi and Sania trailed 0-3 in the first set before they came back strongly to make it to the final for the second year in succession.
Sania, Bhupathi, Paes on a winning run in Australian OpenJanuary 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi powered into Australian Open mixed doubles quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Australian pair Anastasia Rodionova and Stephen Huss. Top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe overcame a stiff challenge against Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Serb Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.
Australian Open: Bhupathi-Sania,Paes and Bopanna on winning sideJanuary 22nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza dispelled a second-set fightback from Czech Kveta Peschke and Pavel Vizner, winning six games in a row, to upset the sixth seeds 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open mixed doubles here Friday. It turned out to be a succesful day for the Indians in the men's doubles too with Leander Paes advancing to the third round and Rohan Bopanna moving into second.
Paes, Bhupathi in doubles second round, Sania outJanuary 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - 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. Third seed Bhupathi and Mark Knowels of Bahamas beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-3, 6-2 in less than an hour.
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