The only other time Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza teamed together for doubles, they made the semifinals of the Tier II Stanford event last year.
But even before the two combined to beat Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Poutchek, 7-6 (4), 7-5, in the Western & Southern Women’s Open doubles final Sunday, they decided they enjoyed [...]

Sania Mirza went down fighting against world number eight and top seed Anna Chakvetadze in the singles semifinal of the USD 175,000 Cincinnati Open tennis tournament here.
The Indian star, seeded third, pushed her more fancied Russian opponent to the limit but lost the three setter 2-6 7-5 3-6 in …. Minutes in the WTA [...]