They received US$4,700 for reaching the last four in Stuttgart. After playing in Stuttgart, Black found another doubles partner in Russia's Elena Vesnina and the two first played together at the Italian Open which ran from May 2 to 9 in Rome.

In the Italian Open, Black and Vesnina were seeded second and they received a first-round bye.

And in the second round, Black and Vesnina came up against Maria Kirilenko and Anastasia Pavlyuchenko of Russia and they were forced to retire through injury after having taken the first set 6-2. ' After their brief appearance at the Italian Open, Black and Vesnina packed their bags and flew to Spain for the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, which got underway at the weekend. And there was also no joy for Black and her Russian partner as they failed to jump the first hurdle in Madrid on Sunday where they lost to Chan Yung-Jan of Chinese Taipei and China's Zheng Jie.

According to reports from Madrid, fifth seeds Black and Vesnina were defeated 6-0, 7-6 by Chan and Jie, leaving the Zimbabwean still searching for her first title since she broke up with Huber last month.

In fact, before they split up, Black and Huber had managed to win two titles on the road this year in Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia, with both titles coming right at the beginning of the 2010 season in January.

They then went on to play together in five more other tournaments, including the Australian Open, where they fought all the way to the final before falling to the awesome Williams sisters - Serena and Venus - of the United States 6-4, 6-3.

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