Sania-Chuang falter in Miami semis
Updated On: 04 April, 2009 10:37 AM IST | PTI
Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of China bowed out in straight sets against third seeds Lisa Raymond of USA and her Czech partner Kveta Peschke in the women's doubles semi-final of the $4.5 million Miami Masters.
Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of China bowed out in straight sets against third seeds Lisa Raymond of USA and her Czech partner Kveta Peschke in the women's doubles semi-final of the $4.5 million Miami Masters.
The unseeded Indo-Chinese duo lost 6-7 (5/7), 4-6 making way for Raymond and Peschke to enter the final of the prestigious hard court event late last night.
Sania and Chuang matched their higher-ranked opponent game by game in the opening set and stretched the affair into tie-breaker but they were soon overpowered by the USA-Czech pair.
Sania and Chuang ran out of steam in the second set and put up just a feeble resistance as their opponents easily sealed the match.
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Raymond and Peschke will meet wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France, who reached the final after defeating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-6 (9/6), 6-3 in another last four match.
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