Thursday, June 7, 2012

Mirza and Bhupati win French Open mixed doubles title

Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati won the French Open mixed doubles title today by defeating Klaudi Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6, 6-1. Mirza and Bhupati also won the 2009 Australian Open mixed doubles title.

The defending champions in women's doubles went out today, as they completed a match that was begun yesterday. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka were defeated 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 by Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Kirilenko and Petrova will play Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final.

In wheelchair play, Esther Vergeer beat Sharon Walraven 6-0, 6-0 in today's seminfal match. Walraven and partner Annick Sevenans, who were the top seeds, were defeated in their doubles semifinal by Sabine Ellerbrock and Yui Kamiji.

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