Sunfeast Open: Sania loses in doubles

Sania Mirza and Virginia Ruano Pascual have lost in the semi-finals of the doubles event at the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata.

The 4th seeded pair, playing Elena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina, won the first set 6-4.

But then their top seeded opponents came back to take the second, 6-3.

The third set was a closely fought affair, but the Russian pair prevailed to win the set 7-5 and with it the match.

Anastasia Myskina is now in with a chance of winning a double crown since she also plays Karolina Sprem in the singles final on Sunday.

Unseeded power

Meanwhile, in the other semi-final, the Uberoi sisters showed that while they may not be the Williams, they have what it takes to compete with the best in tennis.

Shikha and Neha beat Melinda Czink and Yulianna Fedak to enter the doubles final at the Sunfeast Open.

The unseeded Indians won the first set 7-6, much to the delight of the Kolkata crowd. But Czink and Fedak came back strongly to win the second 6-1.

But it took the Uberois just two match points to clinch the third set 6-3 and book their spot in the final.

They will play top seeds Anastasia Myskina and Elena Likhovtseva in Sunday's final.