India ........Stronget Tennis Nation in Asia .........

India were assured of a triple from the tennis courts.Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi storming their way into the finals of the women's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed-doubles at the Asian games on Tuesday.Twenty-year-old Sania scripted a sensational upset win over top seed Li Na of China 6-2, 6-2 and set up a title clash with another Chinese, Jie Zheng, at the Khalifa International stadium.Paes and Bhupathi then steamrolled their way into the doubles final with a facile 6-2, 6-4 victory over the Filippino pair of Cecil Mamiit and Frederick Taino.Later, Sania combined with Paes to knockout China's Xinyuan Yu and Tiantian Sun 6-3 2-6 6-1 and book their berth in the mixed-doubles final again Satoshi Iwabuchi and Aiko Morigami of Japan.Beating Na, who became the first Chinese woman to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals this year, has a lot of significance for Sania.On the only occasion the two had met before, in the final of the Asian Tennis Championships in Tashkent in 2004, Na had conquered the Hyderabadi lass to confirm a wild card entry into the Australian Open main draw the following January. (PTI)

Source : NDTV