Sania blazes into the Second Round In QATAR : SIDDHARTH

Sania Mirza has defeated Romina Oprandi 6-4 6-3 and is in the second round where she is expected to play Anna Groenfield.

hope she plays well and goes pass her.

Well the sad news is that sania mirza our very own dear is not that fit after a hectic season till now.She was getting cramps in the match and that is worrying me specially.

SANIA MIRZA IN THE QUARTERS : SIDDHARTH

Sania Mirza continued to live on the edge, as she battled her way into the last eight of the WTA Bangalore Open on Thursday night.
The Indian ace worked her way up after an awful start to beat Belarussian veteran Tatiana Poutchek 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round. She will face Russia's Yaraslova Shvedova next, on Friday.
Poutchek, who had nothing more than a cross-court backhand to trouble Sania, relied too much on the Indian's errors to bail her out. The 28-year-old kept playing at Sania's backhand and hit high balls to trouble the Indian, who came out misfiring on all cylinders; the serve got nowhere and the ground strokes were sprayed all over the court as the crowd favourite found herself 0-5 down.
Though the mistakes were coming in a torrent from the Hyderabadi's racquet, it looked only a matter of time before she would pull things together and start dictating the points.
Poutchek's shots did not have the power to outrun the Indian, and once Sania was on board in the sixth game, she started dictating the points. She broke Poutchek in the seventh game and held on to 5-3, but the Belarussian served out the set at 6-3.
Sania stepped up the pace in the second set; serving an ace to close the fifth game. Sshe went onto break Poutchek and surged into a 5-2 lead






 

SANIA MIRZA ENTERS PRE-QUARTERS : SIDDHARTH

Bangalore, Feb 14: Sania Mirza moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson International tonight after winning her first round match against the experienced Slovak Martina Sucha 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
In a match that lasted little more than two hours, Sania, ranked 46, was kept on her toes by the 26-year-old Sucha, who had advanced to her first quarter-finals of the year at Pattaya last week.
"It's difficult playing here in Bangalore at altitudes of 1000, 1200," said the second seeded Sania after failing to muster enough confidence to hold her serve in the second set. Sania dropped four games in the second set as Sucha forced the match into the decider.
Sania did appear to be tensed then and took a toilet break which did her a world of good. "It was only then that things started working for me as I began to swing a lot and played to my strength and had fun," said Sania of that break after the match.
In the third set, the unseeded Sucha was broken continuously by Sania in the third, fifth, seventh and ninth games as the discerning enjoyed each and every moment of the young Indian's power play.

"I've made lot of changes to my game and it has started working. I've matured as a person and as a tennis player," Sania aptly summed up her game.
How much of it will translate into her winning the title here? "I'm concentrating on one match at a time and even in that match, one point at a time," reacted Saniam who will bump into Tatiana Pouchek of Belarus for a place in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

Sania In The Semi Finals Of The Pattaya Open : Siddharth

PATTAYA : India's Sania Mirza twice came from behind to upset third-seeded Mara Santangelo 6-4, 7-6(4) and reach the semifinals of the Pattaya Open on Friday.
There were also victories for unseeded Sybille Bammer of Austria, who won a marathon battle against Martina Sucha, fourth seed Peng Shuai, who beat Israel's Tzipora Obziler 6-3, 6-2, and sixth seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina, who ended the run of Australia's Nicole Pratt 6-2, 6-3.
Sania made an appalling start against Santangelo, dropping her first two service games with double-faults. In contrast, her Italian opponent served well and followed up with strong groundstrokes to take a 4-1 lead before Sania finally gained a foothold.
Backhand error
With Santangelo failing to maintain the momentum, Sania fought back to 4-4 and then broke to lead 5-4 when a strong return forced Santangelo into a backhand error. Sania then closed out the set with an ace.
The second set was as closely contested as the first, with Santangelo breaking to lead 5-3 but then dropping her serve to love. Sania then went on to claim the tiebreak 7-4.
``It was the first time I had played her in singles or doubles and I was just trying to figure how she plays and get my rhythm,'' said Sania.
``It took me a little time, but I felt much better on the court and was moving better than a couple of days ago.
``I had a little serve trouble but thankfully I got the serves when I needed them. Both sets I was down, but I felt I started playing better when I was down. She has a really big serve but I started returning better, and that was a key in the tiebreak I think.''

Sania Darling at the pattaya open : Siddharth Loves SANIA MIRZA

SANIA LOOKING AT THE BALL IN HER 2ND ROUND MATCH : SIDDHARTH

Mirza Battles Into Tennis Quarters : Siddharth

PATTYA, Thailand (AFP) - India's Sania Mirza has held off a strong challenge from local favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn to reach the Pattaya Open quarter-finals 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
Third seed Mara Santangelo also advanced, along with China's Peng Shuai and Austrian Sybille Bammer.
Mirza, the fifth seed, struggled to produce her best tennis in windy and humid conditions, and twice double-faulted on set point when leading 5-3 in the first set on Wednesday.
After a total of four double-faults she conceded the game with a wild forehand error, but then broke for the set with a winning return off a second serve.
Tanasugarn continued to press in the second set by moving the ball around well and hitting some strong groundstrokes to build a 5-1 lead.
But Mirza once again gained the upper hand in the deciding set, breaking to lead 3-1 by forcing a backhand error and then giving up just five points in the final three games against a tiring opponent.
Tanasugarn criticised the scheduling after she completed her first round match at 12.30 am, claiming that if she had played on Thursday the outcome would have been different. But that was of no concern to Mirza.
"I obviously didn't play close to my best, but under the conditions and circumstances it was a good match to win," said Mirza.
"It was a bit windy today and that was one of the reasons for the inconsistency, but I'm happy to get through to the quarters."

SANIA MIRZA OFF FOR THE PATTAYA OPEN : SIDDHARTH

Sania Mirza is all set to take part in the tier-IV Pattaya Open in Thailand whick kicks off from Monday itself and will be a very important tournament for Sania Mirza ,given her good form and her good track record against most of the fellow players,she has beaten all the top seeds who are playing in this tournament,Bartoli in the us open 2005,kirilenko twice in hyderabad 2005 and hobart in 2007,and many others.

SO it will be good chance for sania to break in the top 40 and be there where she was well before and where she deserves her place.

So lets keep our fingers crossed and pray that Sania Mirza does well in this tournament and augurs well.

All the best to her and other players too because they all are up against a more fitter and determined

SANIA MIRZA THE INDIAN TENNIS SENSATION.