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She's Starting to get a Bit Thick..LOL..August 30, 2005-Flushing Meadows, New York): Sania Mirza (current singles ranking 42) defeated Mashona Washington (current singles ranking 65) in the 1st round US Open Women's Singles Match. It wasn't a very convincing three set win. The three set match lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes, with the first two set going to tie-breaker. See Match Statistics Sania Mirza (India), severely hampered by a strained abdominal muscle, needed to dig deep into her reserves to outclass Mashona Washington (USA) 7-6(8-6), 6-7(6-8), 6-4. Whereas the 18-year old Indian was not in her best fitness, 29-year old Mashona's fragile temperament proved to be a counterpoint, making it a melodramatic contest. Both the teenagers seemed to be conscious of the big stage and the early phase of the match was spent in testing each other's weaknesses and strength. This was Sania's debut match in the US Open, whereas Mashona was playing in her sixth US Open. Sania went up, breaking Mashona in the very first game but the American bounced back with two successive breaks to go up 4-2. But serving for the set, Mashona was broken. In the tie-breaker, Mashona's nerves frayed and she let go a two set point advantage to Sania. Sania won the tie-breaker 8-6 and the first set lasted 47 minutes. The second set was a ding-dong battle that saw Sania fail to close the match after going 3-1 up. Mashona did well to come back twice from a break behind while Sania lunging to avert a break in the 12th game and pushed the set into the tie-breaker. Again Sania went up 3-0 only to allow Mashona to claw-back and in frustration Sania flung her raquet to the ground. Mashona, the local lass, failed to convert two set points but was successful on third break point. Mashona won the tie-breaker 8-6 and the second set lasted 48 minutes. In the decider, Sania again took the lead after breaking Mashona in the first game. But she surprisingly failed to put away two simple forehands, her strong points. Fortunately for Sania, Mashona was proving to be error-prone. After levelling the score 3-3, the American committed two double faults to hand Sania a 5-4 lead. Yet, the Hyderabadi lass had to stamp out a last minute challenge by Mashona who forced three break points. Sania finally clinched the issue when Mashona put a forehand wide and won the decider 6-4. The third set lasted 38 minutes.
thursday 01 june 2006-Putting behind the disappointment of her singles loss, Sania Mirza and Slovak Janette Husarova on Wednesday cruised into the second round of the doubles competition with a 6-1 6-3 win over the Spanish-Columbian pair of Conchita Martinez and Catalina Castano.
Putting behind the disappointment of her singles loss, Sania Mirza and Slovak Janette Husarova on Wednesday cruised into the second round of the doubles competition with a 6-1 6-3 win over the Spanish-Columbian pair of Conchita Martinez and Catalina Castano.