Sania-Chuang shock second seeds, enter Madrid quarters
May 14th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANSMadrid, May 14 (IANS) 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.
Sania, who failed to make it to the main draw of the singles after her 3-6, 3-6 loss to French Aravane Rezai in the first round qualifiers, is the sole Indian left in the tournament with the exit of Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles in the men’s doubles second round wednesday.
Bhupathi-Knowles went down 4-6, 5-7 to Australian Stephen Huss and England’s Ross Hutchins.
Meanwhile, the third seeds Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy, who got a bye in the first round, pulled out due to Dlouhy’s illness.
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- Sania loses in doubles, Bhupathi advances in Aegon International - Jun 16, 2009
- French Open: Paes in mixed doubles quarters, exits from doubles - May 28, 2011
- Sania-Chuang in doubles quarters at Miami - Mar 31, 2009
- US Open: Paes-Dlouhy stunned in first round (Lead) - Sep 01, 2010
- Madrid Masters: Sania, Chia-Jung in 2nd round, Serena out - May 12, 2009
- Sania pulls out of Aegon International singles qualifers - Jun 15, 2009
- French Open: Sania enters doubles quarters, Bhupathi exits - May 30, 2011
- Australian Open: Doubles still the best bet for India - Jan 17, 2010
- Sania-Chuang in doubles semis at Miami - Apr 02, 2009
- Bhupathi through to second round, Sania falters in doubles - Mar 14, 2009
- Somdev faces Bhupathi in Wimbledon doubles opener - Jun 19, 2009
- Sania-Chuang crash out of Madrid Masters - May 16, 2009
- Serena reaches third round at Rome Open - May 17, 2012
- Paes crashes out, Sania stays afloat in doubles (Lead) - Jun 25, 2009
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