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Saturday, August 27, 2005 |
Sania in Forest Hills Finals.....
Sania Mirza defeated 15-year-old wild card Alexa Glatch 6-4, 6-4 Friday to advance to the final of the Forest Hills Women's Classic. She will face Lucie Safarova who defeated Iveta Benesova 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
From the desk of Mustafa Kamal......
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Unbalanced Sports Coverage in the Indian Media Case Study:Sportstar
Mahesh & Daniela to play in US Open
Mahesh Bhupathi will team up with the dazzling glamour girl of tennis Daniela Hantuchova in the mixed doubles in the US Open Championship.
| Sania Mirza of India eliminated Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-1 in the quarter finals of Forest Hills Women's Classic. In the Semi finals she will face Alexa Glatch, a 15-year-old wild card from USA who had earlier defeated the top seed Akiko Morigami of Japan 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
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Srichaphan through to last eight
Paradorn Srichaphan defeated France's Cyril Saulnier 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven. He will play either Thomas Zib or David Ferrer in the last eight.
Sania enters quarterfinals....
Third-seed Sania Mirza has reached the quarterfinals of the $75,000 Forest Hills Women's Classic here. She made it to the last eight stage with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 win over 59th-ranked Shahar Peer of Israel in a first-round match.
Morigami is the Top seed at Forest Hills
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The West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills will play host to a 16-draw Tier IV tuneup for the US Open. Japan's Akiko Morigami holding the event's top seed. The 25-year-old from Tokyo will look to continue her recent hard court success, which included her first career final in Cincinnati and a Tier I semifinal performance at San Diego
Sania Mirza is seeded 3rd in the tournament. |
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Thursday, August 25, 2005 |
Tennis star Sania Mirza prominently features in the Arjuna awardees for the year, along with golfer Jyoti Randhawa. The other significant names are Deepak Thakur, for his consistent performances in hockey, Helen Mary, women’s hockey team goalkeeper, athletes J.J. Sobha and Anil Kumar
We wish YOU all the best. Keep it up
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Asian number one Paradorn Srichaphan showed steely nerves to dispatch Cyril Saulnier 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) in the second round of the ATP Pilot Pen tournament.
Despite two first round losses at the Cincinnati and Montreal Masters Series events, the 26-year-old has reached the quarter-finals of three events in the lead up to the US Open.
“For some reason, everything clicks when I play in the summer here in the US,” said Srichaphan.
“I always enjoy the hot weather which reminds me of Thailand. I also feel comfortable on these hardcourts which I grew up on."
Srichaphan now faces either third seed David Ferrer or Thomas Zib in the last eight. |
