Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Tennis News
At $2.05M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[R2] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,134) l (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN,57) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (8) Timea Bacsinsky (SUI)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 57 61 10-7

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)/ Selima Sfar (TUN)

After yesterday's thumping win hope were high for her second round match against in-form Ayumi Morita ... But Sania couldn't managed to repeat her first round performance ... Morita broke hear early to take 0-2 lead but Sania broke Ayumi in 3rd game to make it 2-all ... Ayumi take crucial break in 10th game to won second set ... In second set also Ayumi broke Sania early and take control of the set ... She again broke late in the match to won second set comfortably ... Still reaching second round will give 70 ranking pts to Sania, which will help Sania to re-enter into top-120 in singles ranking.

In doubles, in first set crucial break came in 11th game and 8th seed pair won first set ... Second set dominated by Sania and Elena, who broke opponent's serve 3 times to won it comfortably ... Very tight super tie-break as no pair won point on opponent's serve until 7-all ... On 15th point Sania and Elena take important mini-break to won STB and match.

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