Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sania,Camerin pair crashes out of Tashkent Open

By Sunder Iyer

Tashkent, September 23, 2010: Sania Mirza's excellent run in the doubles came to an abrupt halt, as she partnering Maria Elena Camerin went down to Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and Magdalena Rybrikova of Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open at the Olympic Tennis Centre here on Thursday.

In the quarterfinals the pair of Dulgheru – Rybrikova, who had upset third seeded pair of Akgul manmuradova and Darya Kustova in the earlier round, put out the Mirza- Camerin pair 7-5, 6-1 in 1 hour and 3 minutes. Sania and Camerin made $1650 in prize-money and 70 points.

Results: Singles quarterfinals: 5-Monica Niculescu (Rou) bt 1-Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou) 7-5 (5), 2-6, 6-3; 4-Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Darya Kustova (Blr) 6-0, 6-1; Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Sui) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Alla Kudryatseva (Rus) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 7-6(5),6-3

Doubles quarterfinals: 4-Maria Kondratieva (Rus)/ Sophie Lefevre (Fra) bt Elena Bovina (Rus)/ Girini Georgatou (Gre) 4-6, 6-2, 11-9; Alexandra Panova (Rus)/ Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt 2 Olga Savchuk (Ukr)/ Arina Rodionova (Rus) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou)/ Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Itl)/ Sania Mirza (Ind) 7/5 6/1 Jill Craybus (USA)/ Monica Niculescu (Rou) Bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus)/Stefanie Voegle (Sui) 6/3,6/4.

Source: Sania's Media Team

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