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
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
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