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Organisers of the Dubai women's tennis tournament were fined $3,00,000 by the WTA Tour yesterday after the United Arab Emirates refused to grant a visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer, the WTA said in a statement.

Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Mara Santangelo advanced to the doubles pre-quarter-finals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships after getting a walkover from Poland's Urszula Radwanska and Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland in the first round here.