Mercury Insurance Open – Carlsbad, USA (August 1-7, 2011)
Hard/Outdoors – $721,000
Premier
Singles
- First round : won against Rebecca Marino (CAN), 6-3, 6-2
- Second round : Tamira Paszek (AUT) won by walkover (Maria left hip injury)
>>> Singles results, click here
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Rogers Cup – Toronto, Canada (August 8-14, 2011)
Maria and Jie Zheng (CHN) won the doubles title of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. In final, they defeated Lisa Raymond (USA) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS). The score : 6-4, 6-4.
To see the doubles results, click here.
Doubles titles of Maria
- Birmingham, Great Britain (June 13, 2004), Grass, with Maria Sharapova
- Tokyo, Japan (October 9, 2005), Hard, with Gisela Dulko
- Doha, Qatar (March 3, 2007), Hard, with Martina Hingis
- Estoril, Portugal (April 19, 2008), Red clay, with Flavia Pennetta
- Cincinnati, USA (August 17, 2008), Hard, with Nadia Petrova
- Moscow, Russia (October 24, 2009), Hard, with Nadia Petrova
- San Diego, USA (August 8, 2010), Hard, with Jie Zheng
Maria and Jie Zheng (CHN) will play the final in doubles of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. In semifinal, Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) and Vera Zvonareva (RUS) withdrew because of Zvonareva low back injury.
In final, the will play against Lisa Raymond (USA) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS).
To see the doubles results, click here.
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) defeated Maria thursday in the second round of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. The score : 6-4, 7-6 (5), in one hour and 56 minutes.
To see the singles results, click here.
In doubles, Maria and Jie Zheng (CHN) won in the second round against Urszula Radwanska (POL) and Chanelle Scheepers (RSA). The score : 6-3, 6-0 in 54 minutes.
To see the doubles results, click here.
Photo Harvey Rubin (TennisServer.com)
Maria played the first round of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego against a qualifier, the Japanese Kurumi Nara. She has won in three sets : 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in three hours and three minutes. The second round will be against Flavia Pennetta (ITA).
To see the singles results, click here.
In doubles, Maria plays with Jie Zheng (CHN) and won the first round against Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) and Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS). The score : 7-6 (5), 4-6, [10-2] in one hour and 35 minutes.
To see the doubles results, click here.
Hello everybody!!!
Finally I’m back home and having some rest! I had such a busy but enjoyeble summer!!! First of all a Bronze medal, it was a huge success for me and my partner Nadia. I would not change all of my trophies for this medal!!!...
