New Delhi, June 02: Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina beat Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the women’s doubles finals in the French Open on Wednesday.
French Open 2011
This is for the first time that Sania Mirza has reached the women’s doubles finals in a Grand Slam event.
The quarterfinal appearances in the 2007 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon were her best performances so far at the big stage.
Earlier in the day, Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi squandered a one-set lead as they went down fighting to top-ranked American pair of Bob and Mike Bryan in the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles at the French Open.
On Monday, Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina shocked top seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta 6-0, 7-5 to make it to the semifinals.
The seventh seed Indo-Russian pair wrapped up the quarterfinal clash in one hour and six minutes after blanking the Argentine-Italian duo in the first set.
-Agencies