Tennis

Sun, Feb 12 2012 20:09 IST | 3 Views | Add your comment SHARE: India's Sania Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat Hao-ching Chan and Yung-jan Chan of Chinese Taipei to win the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open here Sunday. The top seeds came back from a set down to win the title in a nervy super tie-break 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. The Indian-Australian pair won 68 percent points on their first serve and took an hour and six minutes to dispose of their...Read Full Story

Country: Slovakia Birth Date: 6 May 1989 Birth Place: Bratislava, Slovakia Residence: Bratislava, Slovakia Height: 5 ft. 3 in. ( 1.6 metres ) Weight: 121 lbs. ( 55 kilos ) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Turned pro: 2005 Dominika Cibulkova was born 6 May 1989 in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...Read Full Story

Country: Czech Republic Birth Date: 8 March 1990 Birth Place: Bilovec, Czech Republic Residence: Fulnek, Czech Republic Height: 1.83 metres ( 6 ft. 0 in. ) Weight: 70 kilos ( 154 lbs. ) Plays: Left Handed Petra Kvitova was born in 1990 in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia. She had a solid junior career, reaching a high ranking of number 27 in the ITF junior rankings in 2007. She did not win any major tournaments as a junior though. One interesting thing about Petra Kvitova junior career is that she...Read Full Story

Country:  France Born: February 21, 1979 Age: 32 years, 249 days Height: 5'10'' Plays: Right Handed Rank: Not Ranked Best Rank: 11, Jan 9, 2006 Nathalie Dechy (born on February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara Safina. Her...Read Full Story

Kerber emulates Graf with Paris Open triumph updated 2:02 PM EST, Sun February 12, 2012 Angelique Kerber had reasons to be cheerful after a stunning victory over Marian Bartoli in the Paris final. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Angelique Kerber claims maiden WTA Tour title She beats Marian Bartoli in final of Paris Open First German to win tournament since Steffi Graf in 1995 Serbia and Austria secure passage to Davis Cup last eight (CNN) — Angelique Kerber became the first German since the great Steffi...Read Full Story