ID :
43506
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 14:03
Auther :
Shortlink :
http://m.oananews.org//node/43506
The shortlink copeid
Sania-Bhupathi in Australian Open mixed doubles final
Melbourne, Jan 30 (PTI) India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh
Bhupathi stand just one win away from their maiden mixed
doubles Grand Slam title together after beating Czechs Iveta
Benesova and Lukas Dlouhy 6-4, 6-1 in the Australian Open
semifinals here Friday.
Among the juniors, top seed Yuki Bhambri continued his
spectacular run to reach the boys' singles finals with a 6-4,
6-4 triumph over French seventh seed Adrien Puget.
However, Yuki's doubles campaign ended after he and his
Taipei partner Liang Chi-Huang, seeded No. 1, lost 3-6, 1-6 to
Mikhal Biryukov (Russia) and Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) in the
semifinals played just hours after the Indian's singles match.
Sania and Bhupathi, who were runner-up at the Melbourne
Park last year, trailed 1-3 in the opening set before storming
back to seal the issue in 54 minutes.
In the summit clash, they will take on the unseeded
French-Israeli combine of Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram, who
stunned seventh seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and
Tommy Robredo 7-6 (9/7), 6-4.
It was hardly the kind of start Sania and Bhupathi, who
have dropped just one set en route to the semis, would have
wanted as Benesova and Dlouhy broke them in the opening game
to race to a 1-3 lead.
However, the Indians got their act together soon after
and broke back twice to take the first set in 32 minutes.
Sania and Bhupathi continued their dominance in the
second set and broke their rivals thrice.
Such was their hold over the proceedings that the Indians
did not face a single break point in the second set, which
they wrapped up in a mere 22 minutes.
The win makes it a double delight for Bhupathi, who along
with Bahamas' Mark Knowles, has also made the men's doubles
finals to be played tomorrow.
Bhupathi has six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles under
his belt with different partners.
His last mixed doubles Grand Slam was incidentally the
Australian Open in 2006 when he had partnered Swiss Martina
Hingis.
Yuki, who endured an exhausting day amid searing
temperatures, will be up against German Alexandros-Ferdinandos
Georgoudas in the final.
Georgoudas stunned second seed Julen Uriguen of Guatemala
6-4, 6-4. PTI PM
PMR
NNNN
Bhupathi stand just one win away from their maiden mixed
doubles Grand Slam title together after beating Czechs Iveta
Benesova and Lukas Dlouhy 6-4, 6-1 in the Australian Open
semifinals here Friday.
Among the juniors, top seed Yuki Bhambri continued his
spectacular run to reach the boys' singles finals with a 6-4,
6-4 triumph over French seventh seed Adrien Puget.
However, Yuki's doubles campaign ended after he and his
Taipei partner Liang Chi-Huang, seeded No. 1, lost 3-6, 1-6 to
Mikhal Biryukov (Russia) and Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) in the
semifinals played just hours after the Indian's singles match.
Sania and Bhupathi, who were runner-up at the Melbourne
Park last year, trailed 1-3 in the opening set before storming
back to seal the issue in 54 minutes.
In the summit clash, they will take on the unseeded
French-Israeli combine of Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram, who
stunned seventh seeded Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and
Tommy Robredo 7-6 (9/7), 6-4.
It was hardly the kind of start Sania and Bhupathi, who
have dropped just one set en route to the semis, would have
wanted as Benesova and Dlouhy broke them in the opening game
to race to a 1-3 lead.
However, the Indians got their act together soon after
and broke back twice to take the first set in 32 minutes.
Sania and Bhupathi continued their dominance in the
second set and broke their rivals thrice.
Such was their hold over the proceedings that the Indians
did not face a single break point in the second set, which
they wrapped up in a mere 22 minutes.
The win makes it a double delight for Bhupathi, who along
with Bahamas' Mark Knowles, has also made the men's doubles
finals to be played tomorrow.
Bhupathi has six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles under
his belt with different partners.
His last mixed doubles Grand Slam was incidentally the
Australian Open in 2006 when he had partnered Swiss Martina
Hingis.
Yuki, who endured an exhausting day amid searing
temperatures, will be up against German Alexandros-Ferdinandos
Georgoudas in the final.
Georgoudas stunned second seed Julen Uriguen of Guatemala
6-4, 6-4. PTI PM
PMR
NNNN
