Sania and her American partner defeated Jidkova and Poutchek 7-6(4), 7-5 to romp home at the WTA Tier III event on Sunday.
David Ferrer outclassed his Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro in the Swedish Open final on Sunday, winning 6-1 6-2 to clinch his fourth career title.
Spaniard Nicolas Almagro reached the Swedish Open final by scoring his first win over compatriot Carlos Moya.
This is Samir's fifth and final national spelling bee competition. He hopes to be the numero uno speller this time.
Serb Jelena Jankovic has rediscovered her form in time for the U.S. Open, while compatriot and fellow former world number one Ana Ivanovic is still looking to turn her season round.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray moved towards a likely showdown at the Cincinnati Masters on Thursday while Rafael Nadal took another encouraging step on his return from injury by joining them in the quarter-finals. Fourth seed Novak Djokovic also reached the last eight with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Jeremy Chardy of France.
Susi Ganesan's Tamil movie and its Telugu version Mallana starring Vikram and Shriya are going to be released simultaneously on the 21st August not only in India but throughout the world.
Ninth seed Gilles Simon booked his place in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday after a 7-6, 6-7, 6-1 win over Russian Igor Andreev.
Kim Clijsters' brilliant comeback continued at the Cincinnati Open with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova on Thursday, but the Williams sisters both fell at the third round hurdle. Second seed Serena, struggling with a virus, lost 7-5, 6-4 to Austria's Sybille Bammer while in-form Italian Flavia Pennetta ended the hopes of third seed Venus with a 7-6, 6-4 victory.
Second seed Rafael Nadal beat fellow-Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero, while Andy Roddick got past France's Richard Gasquet at the Pacific Life Open.
Teenager Andy Murray, the last player to beat Roger Federer, is in awe of the records piled up by the dominant Swiss.
The American recorded his first win over the world number one since August 2003 to gain a huge psychological boost before the Australian Open.
The Indo-Czech pair beat second seeds Mark Knowels and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals.
Andy Roddick's transition from the tennis court to the rocking chair was delayed when the former world number one reached the third round of the US Open.
'It's a humiliating time to be a human being.' It's a pity that the magnificent 17-year-old gorilla is dead. But it's not enough to hang our heads in shame or comfort ourselves with clicktivism, observes Bijoy Venugopal.
The fifth seds were beaten by the unseeded Argentine pair of Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez in the ATP Masters.\n
The world number one registered a crushing 6-4, 6-0 victory in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.
Tim Henman condemned a frustrated Andy Murray to his ninth first-round exit of the year with an impressive 6-4 6-2 victory in an all-British clash at the Thailand Open on Wednesday.
The Swiss is aiming to become only the third man to win three consecutive US Open titles in the professional era.
The seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7 (3-7), 2-6 on Centre Court last evening.
Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero will contest the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday.
The Swiss beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 7-6, 6-3 in their quarter-final match the Rogers Cup.
Ferrero will meet fellow-Spaniard Tommy Robredo, who upset third seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 7-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.
Paes and Martin Damm beat Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic in the second round of the Cincinnati Open.
The world No. 1 suffered his first defeat before a final for 14 months in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters.
The world No. 1 was twice made to come from behind for his 55th consecutive win on North American hardcourts, in the Cincinnati Masters.
The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
The world number one overcame a rocky start to beat the Frenchman in the final of the Toronto Masters.
Chronic back pains forced the American crowd-favourite to withdraw from the next week's Cincinnati Masters, tournament officials said on Saturday.
The duo lost to wild card entrants Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko 7-6(2), 6-2 in the first round of the Los Angeles Open.
No official reason was given for Andre Agassi pulling out of the Canadian Open.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
Patty Schnyder admitted that she found it difficult to read Sania's game during their quarterfinal at Cincinnati.
Serena Williams's impressive return from injury ended when she lost 6-2, 6-3 to Russian Vera Zvonareva in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Saturday.
The Indian ace was beaten by the top seeded Swiss girl 6-7(7), 5-7 in the quarter-finals.
The third seeds beat the Chinese-Uzbek pair of Meng Yuan and Varvara Lepchenko in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open.
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