Sania-Chuang in final of MPS Group Championships

FLORIDA: Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang extended their brilliant run by sailing into the final of the MPS Group of Championships after a convinc
ing straight set victory over Liga Dekmeijere and Angela Haynes.

The unseeded Indo-Taipei pair carved out a 6-4, 6-3 win over the Latvian-American pair in the semi-final match in just one hour and eight minutes.

In the summit clash, Sania and Chuang will fight it out against top seeded pair Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Lisa Raymond of United States, who scored a 4-6, 7-5, 15-13 victory over Barbora Zahlavova Strycov and Caroline Wozniacki in their semi-final match.

Sania and Chuang converted both the breakpoints that came their way to race away with the first set apart from saving two on their own serve.

The second set saw a fierce fight as both the teams traded seven breaks but it was Sania-Chuang who managed to get the maximum out of those chances.

They dropped their serve thrice but broke their rivals four times to emerge winners.

Sania-Chuang in Semis of MPS Group Championships

Florida: Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang stunned fourth seeded pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova in straight sets to storm into the doubles semifinals of the USD 220,000 the MPS Group Championships.

The unseeded Indo-Taipei pair earned a hard fought 6-4, 7-5 victory over the formidable American-Russian duo in one hour and 19 minutes.

Sania and Chuang broke their rivals thrice in both the sets while saving five breakpoints en route the convincing win.

The winners will take on American Angela Haynes and Latavian Liga Dekmeijere in the last-four pair stage.

Haynes and Dekmeijere upset second seeded Chinese pair of Peng Shuai and Zi Yan 7-6, 6-4 in another quarterfinal match.