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Raymond and Huber Upset in Montreal Semis


By TN Staff
(August 11, 2012)—Top-seeded World No. 1’s Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber were upset by Nadia Petrova on Saturday in Montreal for the second time in two weeks.

The American duo lost the bronze medal match to Petrova and Maria Kirilenko a week ago at the Olympics. Saturday, they fell at the Rogers Cup to Petrova paired with Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia.

Srebotnik owns 30 career doubles titles, and recently held the No. 1 ranking in the world (July 4, 2011).

Srebotnik and Petrova won 17 of 29 points against Huber and Raymond’s serve, and converted 4 of 11 break points, including three in the second set.

Petrova, a former No. 3 doubles player in the world, owns 20 doubles titles.

Petrova and Srebotnik will face a Polish-French duo in the final. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Kristina Mladenovic are unseeded. The duo own two combined career titles.

The winning pair earns $110K.

 

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