Pattaya: India's Sania Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat Hao-ching Chan and Yung-jan Chan of Chinese Taipei to win the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open on Sunday.
The top seeds came back from a set down to win the title in a nervy super tie-break 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. The Indian-Australian pair won 68 percent points on their first serve and took an hour and six minutes to dispose of their opponents.
Earlier in the day, Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova successfully retained her singles title after beating fourth seed Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3.
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08:25 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Pattaya: Sania Mirza's singles campaign at the Pattaya Open ended on Friday with a 5-7, 3-6 quarter-final defeat against Chinese Taipei qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh, but the Indian has kept herself in the title contention for the doubles by making the semi-finals. The 111-ranked Indian lost to the talented Tapiei player after battling for one hour and 20 minutes. However, in the doubles, Sania and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova continued...
07:02 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Pattaya: Sania Mirza dug deep into her reserves to overcome a fighting Anne Keothavong 6-4, 7-5 to progress to the singles quarter-finals of the USD 220,000 Pattaya Open on Thursday. The unseeded Indian, ranked 111, tamed her giant-killing British rival in a hard-fought second-round match after one hour and 40 minutes of struggle. Keothavong, ranked 88, had shocked second seed and world number 16 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in the...
03:44 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Sania put up a strong fight in the first set but finally lost in a little above an hour. ...
02:54 PM, Feb 15, 2009
Sania edged world number 51 Rybarikova in the semifinals. ...
08:31 PM, Feb 14, 2009
She defeated eighth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia on Saturday. ...
05:16 PM, Feb 14, 2009
She overpowered sixth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. ...
10:15 PM, Feb 13, 2009
Sania Mirza steamrolled Russian qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4, 6-0. ...
03:37 PM, Feb 13, 2009
Sania Mirza and Mara Santangelo sailed Elena Bovina and Ksenia Pervak. ...
02:05 AM, Feb 12, 2009
She beat Nicha Lertpitaksinchai 7-6, 7-5. ...
03:43 PM, Feb 11, 2009
Sania Mirza has crashed out of the semi-final at the Pattaya Open in straight sets on Sunday. ...
10:52 AM, Feb 11, 2007
Sania beat Italy's Mara Santangelo 6-4, 7-6 in the quarter-finals of the $17,000 tournament. ...
04:02 PM, Feb 10, 2007
