Shocking:---Sania Scalps Bammer To Enter Stanford Final

Published: July 29, 2007, 7:27 am

Tags: tennis

Sania Mirza [Images] overcame a concentration lapse in the second set to overcome Austria's Sybille Bammer and enter the singles final at the Stanford Classic in California on Saturday. * Bopanna-Qureshi clinch doubles title The Indian ace shocked the eighth seeded Austrian 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to set up a summit showdown with top seed Anna Chakvetadze [Images] of Russia [Images]. Chakvetadze also had to work hard before getting past third seed Daniela Hantuchova [Images] of Slovakia 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2 in the other semi-final. It was Sania's third big victory this week, having beaten fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland [Images] in the quarter-finals and sixth-seeded Tatiana Golovin [Images] of France [Images] before that. Sania is also in sight of her third doubles title of the year after she and Shahar Peer of Israel stormed into the final. The third seeded Indo-Israel pair accounted for the unseeded duo

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