Thursday, June 23, 2005

Sania loses in doubles @ Wimbledon

INDIAN tennis sensation Sania Mirza and Anna Chakvetadze, of Russia, meekly surrendered in the first round of Ladies` doubles at the Wimbledon Grand Slam Tennis championships, on Tuesday.

The Indo-Russian pair, which had reached the second round in the French Open, lost in straight sets 2-6 1-6 to Alina Jidkova of Russia and Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine.

In the first set, Sania and Anna were broken in the sixth and eighth game, while in the second set they lost serve in the fourth and sixth game to bow out of the competition without offering much resistance.

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