Sania flatters to deceive

new york, august 31 :Sania Mirza flattered to deceive once again as she bowed out of the US Open women’s singles with a three-set loss to Fransesco Schiavone of Italy in the second round here today. Much like her Wimbledon loss to Elena Dementieva, Sania started strongly before fading out, losing 7-5, 1-6, 2-6 to the 14th seed in the year’s final Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows. If anything, the Italian proved an even tougher nut to crack than Dementieva while taming Sania in two hours and 20 minutes to advance to the third round.

The first set saw Schiavone rally from 1-4 down to go 5-4 up. But the Hyderabad girl held her nerve to retain her serve for 5-5 and broke her opponent in the next game by earning triple breakpoints.

Sania appeared to be on a roll as she garnered three set points and rounded off the set in style.

But the second set turned out to be a disaster. Schiavone broke Sania three times to mark a complete turn around in the match.

Sania still has a chance. She and Liezel Huber will take on the American pair of Angela Haynes and Neha Uberoi in the women’s doubles first round. While, Sania will team up with Pavel Vizner in the mixed doubles to face Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjic.