Sania Mirza loses in singles

Sania Mirza, India’s favorite and third seed, lost to Hungary’s Melinda Czink in the second round of the Sunfeast Open on September 21, at Netaji indoor stadium, Kolkata. Winning the first set in 6-0, Sania made crowd frenzy, but succumbed to the powerful forehand of Czink, in the next two sets and the 121-ranked Czink entered the quarterfinal defeating Sania 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Following the disappointing loss, Mirza said, “It was just one of those days. I started really well but she improved a lot in the second set. I managed to fight back well in the third set from 4-1, and the crowd really lifted me, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Some days you win these matches, some days you lose them. (Winning here) obviously wasn’t meant to happen this year. Hopefully I can come back next year and do better.”