Sania in Japan Open quarterfinals

October 14th, 2009 Bartoli into quarters at Japan Women's OpenOSAKA, Japan — Second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan's Women's Open on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Japan's Karumi Nara. Bartoli, who won this tournament in 2006, will face India's Sania Mirza in the quarterfinals of the $220,000 event.

September 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Sania Mirza and Daniel Nestor of Canada went down 1-6, 4-6 to Americans Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott in the second round of the mixed doubles competition at the US Open tennis tournament. Sania and Nestor lost in 49 minutes at Flushing Meadows here Sunday to bow out of the competition.

September 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - It turned out to be the perfect day for India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi at the US Open tennis tournament as they cruised into the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles and pre-quarterfinals of men's doubles with their partners at Flushing Meadows here. Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas, seeded third, took an hour and 15 minutes to prevail over Americans Jesse Levine and Ryan Sweeting 7-5, 6-2 in the men's doubles second round Saturday.

September 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarnman got off to winning starts in the US Open tennis at Flushing Meadows. The 161st-ranked Somdev dispatched the 110th-ranked Portuguese Fredrico Gil 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the men's single second round.

September 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Somdev Devvarman had an easy outing while Sania Mirza battled to enter the singles' second round of the US Open tennis at the Flushing Meadows. The 161st ranked Devvarman cruised into the men's second round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over 110th ranked Portuguese Fredrico Gil here Monday.

July 26th, 2009 LEXINGTON - Sania Mirza moved into the final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lexington Challenger with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Chinese Yuan Meng. In Sunday's final of the $50,000 event, second seeded Sania will clash with top seed Julie Coin of France, who dispatched Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei 6-2, 6-4.

July 25th, 2009 LEXINGTON - India's Sania Mirza has entered the semi-final of International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lexington challenger after her American opponent Lindsay Lee-Waters withdrew from the match due to a leg injury. The second-seeded Sania, who had to play two matches Thursday evening, was leading 5-2 in the first set when Waters decided to call quits Friday.

July 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - After her engagement with her childhood friend and businessman Sohrab Mirza, ace tennis player Sania Mirza arrived at a stadium in Hyderabad to practice tennis. Wearing an engagement ring on her henna filled hands, Sania practiced tennis while her fiance was sitting and watching her at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here on Monday.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - India's Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei defeated American Jill Craybas and Carly Gullickson 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here Thursday. The Indo-Chinese pair, seeded 15th, will next face Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and Romania's Monica Niculescu, who beat Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - An inconsistent Sania Mirza's Wimbledon hopes ended with a second round exit at the hands of her friend Sorana Cristea 4-6, 4-6 at the All England Club here Wednesday. The Romanian teenager continued her cruise in women's tennis as he dispatched Sania in an hour and 22 minutes to reach the third round.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - India's Sania Mirza made light of the second set loss to outlast German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in the opening round at the Wimbledon tennis championships here Monday. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi maintained her unbeaten record against the 52nd ranked German, beating her for the third successive time.

June 15th, 2009 EASTBOURNE - India's Sania Mirza has retired from the first round of the singles qualifying event of the $600,000 Aegon International tennis due to a right hip strain. Sania, playing less than a day after her semifinal loss to Magdalena Rybarikova at the Aegon Classic, pulled out when trailing 4-6, 2-3 against Belarussian Tatiana Poutchek, who was called up as an alternate to play in place of Alexandra Dulgheru who withdrew due to a sprained ankle.

June 13th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - India's Sania Mirza blew a set advantage against Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to go down 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in the Aegon Classic tennis semifinal here Saturday. Sania, who had beaten Rybarikova in their only meeting before, was appearing in only her second semifinal of the year.

June 12th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Sania Mirza dispatched Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 7-6 (4) to reach the semifinals of the Aegon Classic tennis tournament here Friday. Sania, who has fallen to 98th in the world rankings from a career-best 27 two years ago due to a wrist injury, beat the 16th seed in an hour and 17 minutes.

June 11th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Sania Mirza overcame a stiff challenge from British number one Anne Keothavong 6-1, 7-6 (5) to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic tennis here Wednesday. The unseeded Indian star, who has fallen to 98th in the world rankings from a career-best 27 two years ago, showed no signs of a career-threateneing wrist injury as she battled past 11th seeded Keothavong in the run-up to Wimbledon that begins June 22.