Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic kisses the winner's trophy after her final match against Sara Errani of Italy in Dubai Saturday. — Reuters DUBAI — Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova scored her biggest success in 15 months when a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 victory over Sara Errani earned her the Dubai Open title on Saturday. The hard-hitting 22-year-old Czech looked as though she was going to swamp the French Open finalist from Italy when she won the first four games and the first set in little more than half an hour. But Errani adapted her tactics well, taking time away from Kvitova with earlier ball-striking and net rushes, and was rewarded with six games in a row in the second set. But Kvitova took a comfort break, recovered her timing, and finished again looking like an improved player and a potential Grand Slam challenger again. Earlier India's Sania Mirza clinched her second doubles title of the season after combining with Bethanie Mattek-Sands to defeat Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the title clash. The unseeded Indo-American duo prevailed over the Russian-Slovenia combo 6-4, 2-6, 10-7. India drops Bhupathi, Bopanna India's tennis selectors Saturday ignored rebels Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna for the Asia-Oceania group one Davis Cup tie against Indonesia. The doubles specialists were among 11 players who declined to play against South Korea earlier this month, but made themselves available only for the Indonesia tie following a conditional truce with the tennis federation. India, forced to name three debutants against South Korea, was thrashed 4-1 and must now defeat Indonesia in Bangalore from April 5 to 7 to avoid being relegated to group two. Singles players Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri, who also refused to play against South Korea, returned to the squad, according to an All India Tennis Association (AITA) statement. Veteran Leander Paes will partner Sanam Singh in the doubles. An agreement worked out after the South Korea tie saw the rebels announce they will be available against Indonesia. This followed an AITA letter to the players accepting some demands like a higher share of the prize money from Cup matches, business-class air travel for ties and the players' involvement in the choice of venues. The AITA retained non-playing captain Shiv Misra and coach Zeeshan Ali. — Agencies
