Sania and her doubles partner Mattek were defeated in the semis of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells. They lost to Chinese duo of Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in 3 sets.
The final score read as 6-7, 7-5 and 10-4 through a match tie break.
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Sania looses in Semis
March 23, 2008Another injury scare for Sania Mirza
March 19, 2008Sania Mirza is worried over her recurrent wrist injury as it could either result in a surgery or require her to change her grip and action, an idea she is not keen on at this stage of her career.
Sania, who played in pain before losing to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells on Tuesday, said she would try to avoid surgery but is also not keen on changing the way she grips the racket at the crucial stage in her career.
“Right now it’s very, very painful… I couldn’t move my wrist,” she said after her 1-6, 6-7 (4/7) loss.
“Usually it doesn’t get this sore, so I’m a little worried right now. It gets sore and then it gets OK when I ice it and do whatever I have to do,” she told reporters.
Sania, seeking MRI to diagnose the actual problem, said she would look for some other options to cure it.
“It’s a big step to even change it half an inch because my game is my forehand. You know, it’s not easy to change a grip at the stage where you’re, like, 30 in the world. I would obviously like to look at other options before that.”
Sania had suffered the injury after US Open last year which had also forced her to withdraw from the Kolkata Open last year.
Sania Mirza looses Hantuchova
March 19, 2008Sania Mirza lost out to Daniela Hantuchova at the Pacific Open, Indian Wells today.Hantuchova held off a strong fightback by her opponent to wrap up victory in one hour, 55 minutes and set up a quarter-final with Sharapova.
“I thought it was a great match,” the fifth-seeded Slovakian told reporters.
“Sania is a great hitter and I was expecting a really tough one today. Just being able to be in the quarters without losing a set feels really great.
GOOD SIGNS
“I feel like I’m hitting the ball well again,” added the 24-year-old, who claimed her first WTA career title at Indian Wells in 2002.
“I’m doing it the same way as last year so those two are pretty good signs. We’ll see what’s going to happen.”
Hantuchova, who beat Kuznetsova in last year’s final, broke Mirza in the second and fourth games to storm through the opening set in 39 minutes.
After trading an early service break in the second set, the elegant Slovakian broke again in the 11th game, when her opponent double-faulted, to lead 6-5.
Although Hantuchova then lost her own serve, she clinched the tiebreak 7-4, sealing victory with a crunching backhand down the line.
Sania enters the quarter finals in doubles too
March 17, 2008Sania seems to be getting further and further in her games. Apart from getting into the singles quarters, she has entered the doubles quarters as well. Partnering with Bethanie Mattek, she has entered quarterfinal berth in the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells.
Sania and USA’s Mattek, seeded seventh in the draw, defeated Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus and Russian Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the last eight.
In the USD 3,589,000 men’s Masters Series event being held at the same venue, Leander Paes [and Australian Paul Hanley [, seeded eighth, will take on the Argentine combination of David Nalbandian and Gullermo Canas in the second round.
Sixth seeded Mahesh Bhupathi [ and Mark Knowles of Bahamas will start their campaign against German Christopher Kas and Rogier Wassen of the Netherlands.
Sania enters the Quarters
March 17, 2008Sania Mirza seems to have gotten over her jinx of losing in the second round. She beat her former doubles partner Shahar Peer to enter the quarter finals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. She will now meet Daniela Hanutchova of Slovakia in the Quarterfinals.
The match went into 3 sets with Sania losing the first set and then winning the other 2 comfortably. The final score read 6-7, 7-5, 6-3.
Sania is at present ranked no 32 in the world and was seeded at 21st in this tournament.
Sania in 2nd round
March 13, 2008Sania and her doubles partner have advanced into the second round with a victory over their opponents. She has also been en given a bye into the second round. Given round the 2nd round wonder that Sania is, the question is will Sania go beyond the second round and win another title or just win off controversies :p
Here is what Rediff had to say about this win
Sania Mirza and American partner Bethanie Mattek sailed past Poland’s Klaudia Jans and Gabriela Navratilova of Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the second round of the USD 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open.
The seventh seeded Indo-American duo won 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Tier I hardcourt event at Indian Wells, California, on Wednesday night.
Sania has been seeded 21 received a bye into the second round.
She next faces Ukranian Olga Savchuk, who rallied to beat Russian Yaroslava Shvedova 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in her first round match.
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