Sania Mirza Crashes out of ASB Classic
AUCKLAND: Sania Mirza suffered her fourth successive defeat, a straight set mauling, at the hands of Italian Francesca Schiavone to crash out of Sania Mirza the ASB Classic WTA tournament on Wednesday.
The Indian lost 0-6, 3-6 to her fourth seed opponent in the second round of the $220,000 hard court event, thus making a disappointing start to the season.
The world number 17 proved too tough an opponent for Sania as she failed to get on board in the opening set.
Sania has never won a match against Schiavone, with whom she has paired in the past for the doubles competition on the tour.
Earlier, the Hyderabadi also crashed out of doubles competition after losing the first round along with Spaniard Virginia Pascual of Spain.
The second seeded pair suffered a shock 1-6, 6-7(6) defeat at hands of wild card entrants Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia.
Sania Mirza Crashes out of ASB Classic was first posted on January 7, 2010 at 5:15 pm.
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1 ODI Live Streaming
Lahore, Pakistan:- Pakistan vs New Zealand 1 ODI updates, Pakistan and New Zealand will face each other in the first of three one-day internationals in Abu Dhabi tomorrow.
Since finishing runners-up to Australia in the Champions Trophy last month, New Zealand’s problems have multiplied, following injuries to key players and the sudden departure of coach Andy Moles. On the other hand Pakistan Team is determined to take revenge of its defeat at hands of New Zealand in Champions Trophy’s semi final. Pakistan’s 11-member team will be announced today. The expected players are Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Younas Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umer Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umer Gull and Muhammad Amir. Pakistan can move to number fourth position in the ICC ranking by winning all three matches which currently is with New Zealand. Watch Live Match
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1 ODI Live Streaming was first posted on November 2, 2009 at 7:23 pm.
