Sania Mirza out of doubles event – Mahesh Bhupathi in mixed semi-final

Written by: Staff on 2nd July 2011

Sania Mirza out of doubles event - Mahesh Bhupathi in mixed semi-final

Sania Mirza of India returns to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their second round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 26 May 2011. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA |

India’s top female player Sania Mirza is out of the ladies’ doubles event at Wimbledon after losing in the semi-finals. Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina of Russia lost to the No. 2 seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, 6-3 6-1. Mirza and Vesnina were seeded No. 4 for the event. Srebotnik/Peschke are trough to the final where they will play the winner of Sabine Lisicki/Sam Stosur or Marina Erakovic and Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Mahesh Bhupathi, India’s super star and Davis Cup player has reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. Bhupathi plays mixed with Sania Mirza’s doubles partner Elena Vesnina. Bhupathi and Vesnina are seeded No.4 in the mixed. In the quarter-final they took out Jonathan Erlich and Shahar Peer from Israel, 6-4, 6-1. Their opponents in the semis will be Paul Hanley and Su-Wei Hsieh who took out Indian combination of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza in three sets.

Battling it out for a spot in the final in the top half is Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova who will play Daniel Nestor and Yung-Jan Chan.

The mixed semi-finals will be played on Court One. Bhupathi/Vesnina vs Hanley/Hsieh is second match after 13.00 followed by Melzer/Benesova vs Nestor/Chan.