Monday, July 25, 2005

Sania beaten in doubles semifinals

Sania Mirza and her Ukranian partner Yuliana Fedak were knocked out of the $170,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Cincinnati, USA as they went down in their doubles semifinal tie to the top-seeded pair of Kveta Peschke and Maria Emilia Salermi in straight sets.

Unseeded Sania and Yuliana lost the tie 5-7, 3-6 on Saturday against the Czech Republic's Kveta and Maria of Argentina, who set up a title clash with third-seeded Laura Granville and Abigail Spears of the US.

Meanwhile, Akiko Morigami stunned fourth seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-4 to book a final showdown against top seed Patty Schnyder, who beat Bethanie Mattek 6-4, 6-1.

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