Sania crashes out of Pan Pacific Open

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open with a first-round defeat.

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open with a first-round defeat in a marathon three setter against Chinese Jie Zheng.

Sania,who had to qualify for the USD two million hard-court event,went down 7-5 2-6 3-6 after a contest lasting more than two hours.

Sania,who has been plagued by a nagging wrist injury for more than a year now,fought hard in a see-saw opening set.

She broke her rival thrice to go 1-0 up.

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However,Sania ran out of steam thereafter and lost her serve four times to go down 2-6 in the second set.

The third set followed a similar script and the Indian was once again outplayed with her serve being a major let-down.

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