Cara, Huber Reach Kremlin Cup Semis

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Collin Matiza Harare Cara Black and Liezel Huber remained on course for winning the Kremlin Cup doubles title for the second year running after reaching the semi-finals of the US$1,34 million tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. The top-seeded pair of Zimbabwe's Black and American Huber advanced to the last four of the Tier I hardcourt tournament in Moscow at the expense of the battling unseeded duo of Serbian Anna Ivanovic and Italy's Francesca Schiavonne in a tightly-contested quarter-final tie. According to reports from the Russian capital, Black and Huber were stretched to three sets before beating Ivanovic and Schiavonne 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 to reach the semis. In today's semi-finals, Black and Huber, who are gunning for their ninth title on the road this year, will meet Russia's... [read full story]