Sania-Camerin pair moves into Tashkent Open quarterfinals

By Sunder Iyer

Tashkent, September 22, 2010: Putting her singles loss behind India's Sania Mirza partnering her new partner Maria Elena Camerin of Italy entered the quarterfinals of the doubles at the Tashkent Open WTA Tour event in Tashkent here today.

Playing in front Indian Embassy personnel at the Olympic Tennis Centre, Sania partnering Elina put out the Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiya Kichenok 6-2, 6-3 in one hour. Sania and her Italian partner will take on Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, who upset third seeds local star Akgul Amanmuradova and Belarusian Darya Kustova 7-5,7-6(13) for a place in the last eight.

Camerin, who was seeded eighth in the singles, was upset by unseeded Swiss Stefanie Voegle 3-6, 1-6. Speaking at a post match conference Camerin former top 35 ranked doubles player said she looked forward to a long relationship with Sania as they were friends off court too. Camerin said she was sure that she and Sania would do well here as both could concentrate on the doubles as they had lost in the singles.

Results singles, Rd-2:

5-Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Ekaterina Ivanova (Rus) 0-6, 6-0, 6-1; Darya Kustova (Blr) bt 6-Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Stefanie Voegele (Sui) bt 8-Maria Elena Camerine (Ita) 6-4, 6-1; Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt 3-Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 7-6, (4), 3-2 Ret'd; 7-Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Alexandra Panova (Rus) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) b Jill Craybas (USA) 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2; 4-Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles, Rd 1:

Elena Bovina/ Eirini Georgatou (Gre) bt Yuliana Fedak (Ukr)/ Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) 6-1, 5-7, 10-6; Alexandra Panova (Rus)/ Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Albina Khabibulina (Uzb)/ Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) 6-1, 6-1; Maria Elena Camerin (Itl)/ Sania Mirza bt Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr)/ Madiya Kichenok (Ukr) 6-2, 6-3;Evgeniya Rodina(Rus)/Stefanie Voegle (Sui) bt Nina Bratchikova/Ekaterina Ivanova(Rus)5-7,6-4,10-7 Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou)/Magdalena Rybarikova(Svk) 7-5,7- (13), MariaKondratieva(Rus)/ Sophie Lefevre (Fra) bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr)/ LesyaTsurenko(fra) 6-3, 7-5, Olga Savchuk(ukr) / Arina Rodionova(Rus) bt Lola Azimova/Alina Abdurakhimova (Uzb) 6-0, 6-0.

Source: Sania Mirza's Media Team