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Paris: Li Na is back in a Grand Slam final, reaching her second straight major championship match by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5 Thursday in the French Open semifinals. Defending champion Francesca Schiavone also made it back to the French Open final, beating Marion Bartoli of France 6-3, 6-3 Thursday in the semifinals.

The Australian Open runner-up, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final this year in Melbourne, was able to chase down nearly everything Sharapova had to offer on Court Philippe Chatrier.

The wind was a factor yet again at Roland Garros, and Sharapova’s serve suffered because of it. The seventh-seeded Russian had 10 double-faults in the match, including on match point.

"She has a huge and big serve, so I was like: ‘Please, double-fault. That way I can win the match,’" Li said. "I never believe myself I can be in final in French Open. I wish I can do even better on Saturday."

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Bollywood babe Lara Dutta and Tennis star Mahesh Bhupati got engaged last week in New York. Bhupathi has made this announced on Twitter saying, "So Lara and me got engaged in NY last week".
19 Sep, 2010

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Ace Indian Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black suffered a straight-set defeat against Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Mark Knowles to bow out of the mixed doubles category of the US Open tennis tournament.Second seeds Paes and Black, who won the 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title, lost 3-6, 4-6 to the German-Bahamian pair in the quarterfinal.

Paes and Black had clinched the Australian Open mixed doubles title in January this year.India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are still in the race in men’s doubles category and would take on South African-Belgian combo of Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the quarterfinal.

The world’s top-ranked player, Federer was pushed past three sets for the first time in 25 opening-round Grand Slam matches by Igor Andreev,

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Sharapova crashes out in Australia

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