Shvedova crowned Champion
at the Sony Ericsson International
BANGALORE, FEBRUARY 18, 2007: BEING
THE top seed and defending champion has its pros and cons,
Mara Santangelo of Italy en route to the final enjoyed luxury
of pros. However, she realized the cons when she was put
under tremendous pressure and lost 6-4, 6- 4 to unseeded
and dark horse Yaroslava Shvedova of Russia in the singles
final of the $ 1,75,000 tier III level Sony Ericsson Bangalore
WTA event here at the Karanataka State Lawn Tennis Association
Signature Kingfisher tennis centre on Sunday.
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Chinese Taipei duo retains doubles title at Sony Ericsson
International
BANGALORE, FEBRUARY 18, 2007: It was
a perfect day to start the Chinese New Year. The defending
champions from Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung
Chuang retained their doubles title at Sony Ericsson International,
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour today by defeating fourth seed Su-Wei
Hsieh of Chinese Taipei and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia
6-7 (4-7), 6-2 (11-9) at the KSLTA Signature Kingfisher
Tennis Centre.