Sania Mirza won her Third WTA Doubles Title with her Victory in Citi Open

Aug 2, 2011, 18:01 IST

Sports Current Affairs August 2011. Sania Mirza won her third WTA doubles title of 2011 after she along with her partner Yaroslava Shvedova won in the final of the Citi Open

Sania Mirza won her third WTA doubles title of 2011 and 12th overall after she along with her partner Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia in the final of the Citi Open on 1 August 2011 in US. The Indo-Kazakh pair overcame their second seed opponents 6-3 6-3 after one hour and five minutes struggle.


Sania paired up with Yaroslava for this tournament since her regular Tour partner Elena Vesnina decided to skip the event. She had triumphed at Indian Wells and Charleston with Vesnina and fell in the final of the French Open.


Sania and Yaroslava shared $11,000 and earned 280 ranking points each.
Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey lost the fiercely fought summit clash of the Farmer's Classic to Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Xavier Malisse of Belgium in Los Angeles. The Indo-Philippine pair lost the final 6-7 (3) 6-7 (10) to the third seed Bahams-Belgium pair in the $ 61950 tournament.


It was for the first time that Somdev had reached the final of an ATP doubles event. He earlier made two singles final so far.


He reached final of Chennai Openin 2009 and in Johannesburg in early 2011. They split $18000 (Rs 7. 92 lakh) in prize money and earned 150 ranking points for their efforts in this tourney.

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