Paris, Jun 2 (PTI) Sania Mirza stormed into her maiden Grand Slam women's doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semifinals of the French Open here today. Seeded seventh in the tournament, Sania and Vesnina upset their fourth seeded opponents 6-3 2-6 6-4 in 105 minutes at the Roland Garros.
In tomorrow's summit clash, the Indo-Russian combo will face the unseeded Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who stunned third seeded pair of Vania King of United States and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-3 in another last four match. This is Sania's third Grand Slam final appearance in her career -- the first two being in the mixed doubles in the Australian Open. Sania and ace compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi had won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 2009 while they were the losing finalists in the same Grand Slam tournament in 2008. Sania, who paired up with Vesnina only in February, had a strap just below her left knee but did not show any apparent problem as she played some superb winning shots across the net. Sania and Vesnina broke their opponents early in the first set to race to a 4-1 ahead before pocketing it 6-3 in 30 minutes. .
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