Indian star Sania Mirza won two sets on a canter but lost one between the two in a tiebreak as she advanced to the second round of the US Open on Tuesday.
Sania beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 in an hour and 40 minutes on a hot day at the Flushing Meadows. On a day when her serve proved quite effective she sent down eight aces to Kanepi’s two — Sania won the first set in just 26 minutes after twice breaking her opponent’s service. When she herself was under pressure, Sania hit her way out of trouble with powerful groundstrokes.
In the second set, the game was even Kanepi had more winners (15 to 9) but the two had one break opportunity each. Both converted the break-points and the set thus went to tiebreak, which Kanepi took 7-5. Sania’s serve was firing again in the third set her first serve percentage was 63 and she sent down three aces. Sania had three chances to break Kanepi, she converted two of them to win the set in 26 minutes.
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Sania beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 in an hour and 40 minutes on a hot day at the Flushing Meadows. On a day when her serve proved quite effective she sent down eight aces to Kanepi’s two — Sania won the first set in just 26 minutes after twice breaking her opponent’s service. When she herself was under pressure, Sania hit her way out of trouble with powerful groundstrokes.
In the second set, the game was even Kanepi had more winners (15 to 9) but the two had one break opportunity each. Both converted the break-points and the set thus went to tiebreak, which Kanepi took 7-5. Sania’s serve was firing again in the third set her first serve percentage was 63 and she sent down three aces. Sania had three chances to break Kanepi, she converted two of them to win the set in 26 minutes.
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/
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