Sania-Elena stun favourites to enter quarterfinals

Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina pulled off a big upset by ousting second seeds and strong contenders Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymonds from the Family Circle Cup with a straight-set win.

Updated on: Apr 7, 2011, 22:45:23 IST

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Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina pulled off a big upset by ousting second seeds and strong contenders Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymonds from the Family Circle Cup with a straight-set win. The unseeded but in-form Indo-Russian pair shocked the local favourites 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $721,000 WTA hard court tournament. In the singles, Sania is set to clash with German wildcard Sabine Lisicki.

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