Not a Good Week for Sania

This has not been a good week for Sania.

She crashed out of the WTA Kremlin Cup in the first round going down 6-3, 6-4 to Argentine Gisela Dulko in Moscow on Monday. The 29th ranked Indian could not find her bearings and went out of the $2,340,000 Tier I tournament in an hour and 15 minutes.

On last Tuesday, October 4th, Sania also crashed out of the USD 175,000 Japan Open in Tokyo after a straight set loss to Italian Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals. The 2nd seeded Sania went down 4-6 4-6 to the 8th seeded Italian in her first tournament after recovering from a wrist injury.

Sania's doubles campaign in that WTA tier III event in Tokyo also came to an end after she and her American partner Christina Fusano gave a walkover to the second seeded Chinese pair of Tiantian Sun and Zi Yan in the quarterfinals.

According to the WTA Tour’s singles rankings list that was released on Monday, Sania remained at No. 29 with 921 points and also stayed put at No. 20 on the doubles list with 1630 points.

Sania in Quarter Finals of Japan Open

At $175000 Japan Open tennis championships, the 2nd seed Sania (American Venus Williams is the top seed) was stretched to three sets by Casey Dellacqua of Australia in the second round on Wednesday morning before she won 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open tennis championships.

The Indian, currently ranked 28th in the world, next meets the winner of the clash between Flavia Penetta and Abigail Spears. Sania had won her singles 6-0, 6-4 against local player Ayumi Morita in the first round.

Mirza started off well taking the first set 6-4 but Dellacqua fought back in the second, breaking Mirza early to level matters, winning the second set 6-3. In the decider, Mirza stepped up the pace and took the match 6-4.

In women's doubles, Sania partnered American Christina Fusano. The Indo-American duo registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Polish-Romanian pair of Ursula Radwansaka and Agnes Szatmari to enter the quarter final on Tuesday.