June 2, 2011 8:47 AM

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Sania-Elena storm into doubles final of the French Open Tennis

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.

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