Sania Mirza stormed into her first Grand Slam doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semifinals of the French Open Tennis. Seeded seventh in the tournament, Sania and Vesnina beat their fourth seeded opponents 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in semifinal contest at the Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday. In the final, the Indo-Russian combo will face the unseeded Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka who beat third seeded pair of Vania King of United States and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-3 in another semifinal.Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi has bowed out of the Men's doubles competition.
News On AIR | June 2, 2011 8:38 AM
Sania and Elena storm into doubles final of the French Open Tennis