Sania Mirza loses Pilot Pen tournament but reached in women’s double





Sania MirzaAfter the impressive performances in US open now Sania Mirza added one more diamond in his crown. She has become the first Indian Woman to be seeded in the season’s last Grand Slam. The 20 year old Sania has been seeded 26th at the championship. This gets her the way at the flushing Meadows in New York from August 27. Last week she reached on top of her career i.e. WTA ranking of 28.

On the other hand she loses Pilot Pen tournament in the second round to the 23rd ranked player Alona Bondarenko at New Haven. 28th ranked Mirza did show some resistance in the second set without losing a single game, but the 24 year old Ukrainian tamed the Indian 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 to move into the third round.

Sania showed hard work during the match that lasted about one and half hours and She did not drop a single game in the second set, eventually crashed out with a 3-6, 6-0, 3-6 defeat.

Meanwhile, though her singles hopes are over, Sania and her Italian partner Mara Santagelo reached the quarterfinals in women’s doubles after they downed the American pair of Corina Morariu and Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 7-5.

After achieving her aim to be in the top 30, Sania would now be keep up her good form and improve further as a player. “As long as I keep improving and play good tennis, I feel that in the long run, the rankings will take care of themselves,” she had said after regaining her career high ranking after a gap of two years.


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kya hua sania hari ,harna jeetna to laga hi rahta hai

SURBHI SHARMA added these pithy words on Apr 08 08 at 11:43 am

Hi sanai
kay hua sania ji, I advise to me “harna jitana laga rahata hai, do’not hopless
Rest is O.K.

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