Sania-Chuang in doubles quarters at MiamiMarch 31st, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) registered an upset win over eighth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta and Russian Maria Kirilenko to storm into the doubles quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open. The unseeded Indo-Taiwanese pair rallied from a set down to beat Pennetta and Kirilenko 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-4 here Monday.
Paes, Sania advance in MiamiMarch 28th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza cleared the first round in the doubles and mixed doubles pre-quarters respectively with their partners in the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson tennis event. Paes and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy beat Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-2 here Friday.
Sania, Yuki out of Sony Ericsson OpenMarch 26th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Sania Mirza went down to France's Mathilde Johansson in an over two hour duel in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis here. Sania, who was given a wildcard, battled for two hour and 22 minutes before losing 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (8) Wednesday.
Bhupathi-Knowles ousted from Sony Ericsson Open doublesMarch 29th, 2009 MIAMI - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles have been ousted from the $4,500,000 Sony Ericsson Open. The third-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair went down fighting to Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 5-7, 6-10 in the first round here Saturday.
Paes-Dlouhy crash out in second round againApril 1st, 2009 MIAMI - India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy crashed out to Czech Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak of Sovakia 3-6, 3-6, in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis doubles. The loss Tuesday was the second successive second-round exit for Paes and Dlouhy, seeded fourth here, having lost at the same stage at Indian Wells last week.
Algonquin, Gansevoort, EPIC hotels offering e-readers as latest digital accessory for guestsJuly 13th, 2009 Handful of hotels offering e-readers to guestsMIAMI — Never mind wi-fi or even iPod docking stations. The latest digital accessory to be offered by hotels is an e-reader.
AT&T doubling wireless data speeds in 6 cities by end of year; iPhone 3GS is prime beneficiarySeptember 9th, 2009 AT&T to double wireless data speeds in 6 citiesChicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and Charlotte, N.C., will be the first cities to see the benefits of AT&T's plans to double the data download speeds on its wireless network. The six cities will be upgraded before the end of the year, the carrier said Wednesday.