Sania-Mattek in semis of East West Bank Classic
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Los Angeles: Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek overcame a fighting Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva to book a semifinal berth in the USD 600,000 WTA East West Bank Classic tournament here.
The Indo-American pair, seeded second, pipped the Russian duo 6-3, 1-6, 10 -8 in one hour and 14 minutes in the quarterfinals of the Tier II hard court event Friday night.
Sania-Mattek did not drop their serve even once in the first set and converted two of the four breakpoints to take the lead.
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However, they surprisingly lost the momentum and allowed Vesnina-Zvonareva combination to overpower them in the next.
The Indo-American dropped their serve thrice in the second set and squandered the only breakpoint also.
However, they got together in the tie-breaker to prevail over the Russians and move to the last four stage, where they will face winner of the match between Eva Hrdinova/Vladimira Uhlirova and Ayumi Morita/Ai Sugiyama.
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