Sania disappointed, terms defeat as 'bad luck'

Kolkata, September 22: A disappointed Sania Mirza termed her second round loss to Hungary's Malinda Czink as "bad luck" and regretted that she failed to continue the momentum after a blazing start.The 18-yr old gave full credit to her conqueror. "I can’t take the credit away from her. She played better tennis."

"It was an up and down game. I played well in first set. But ultimately I couldn’t finish it off. It was a bad day, it was sheer bad luck," Mirza said.

The Hyderabad-based player, however, pinned her hopes on doing well in the doubles where she partners Virginia Ruano Pascual to an easy win over Punam Reddy and Ragini Vimal to march into the quarter final.