Sania Mirza - General Discussion of tennis matters

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According to www.deccanchronicle.com , is she trying for US Open singles?
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Where did you see that indication..? She seems to only be saying that she would still love to play singles, but cannot currently! (in the slide show on beer and bars, or something to that effect).

What a bizarre newspaper website!!
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Sania will play with Chinese Jie Zheng at US open & the tournaments before that.
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Reached San Diego now. Playing there.
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Doubles draw is out for Southern California Open. Sania is pairing with Flavia Pennetta.
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Mirza/Pennetta vs Marosi/Moulton-Levy.
Martina Hingis is also coming back in the doubles. Pairing with Hantuchova.
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Mirza in a recent interview with Zee News said that she doesnt like to be odd top 100 in singles rather she prefers to win some grand slams in doubles. I guess she is aiming to be odd top 100 in doubles rather than top 100 in singles. Excellent choice. Best of luck. What a genius.
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$795,707 Southern California Open, Carlsbad, CA, USA, WTA Premier, Hard

[R1] Sania Mirza/ Flavia Pennetta (IND/ItA) VS Megan Moulton-Levy/ Katalin Marosi (USA/HUN)
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Her doubles match today. GL.
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Sania/Pennetta won R1 easily 61 62.
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$795,707 Southern California Open, Carlsbad, CA, USA, WTA Premier, Hard

[R1] Sania Mirza/ Flavia Pennetta (IND/ItA) d. Megan Moulton-Levy/ Katalin Marosi (USA/HUN) 6-1 6-2
[R2] Sania Mirza/ Flavia Pennetta (IND/ItA) VS (4) Katarina Srebotnik/ Jelena Jankovic (SLO/SRB)
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Sania playing doubles R2 today
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Sania lost doubles R2 7-6(2) 6-4.
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This is a nice article on Sania & her new academy in Hyderabad-

Sania and her pet project
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This is another good interview of Sania from Indian Express-

Sania Mirza: Not playing for records

Nice summary of Sania's 18 WTA doubles titles-
Liezel Huber (2)

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (5)

Shahar Peer (1)

Vania King (1)

Mara Santangelo (1)

Chia-Jung Chuang (1)

Edina Gallovits Hall (1)

Elena Vesnina (2)

Yaroslava Shvedova (1)

Anastasia Rodionova (1)

Zheng Jie (1)

Cara Black (1)
It also appears from the article that this is her last tournament for the year.
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Liked what she said but keep wondering why such early end to the season... lack of partners ??
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