New Delhi, Jun 4: The French Open final loss is hard to swallow, admits Sania Mirza, but the Indian tennis ace also has a sense of immense satisfaction at finishing runners-up in the women's doubles event given the way she was struggling for form and fitness a few months ago.
“A loss is a loss at any stage and initially it hurts. But when I look back at where my career was a while back, there is a feeling of immense satisfaction at what I have managed to achieve,” Sania, who was battling a career-threatening wrist injury not so long ago, told PTI from Paris.
A second Grand Slam title slipped out of her hands when she lost the French Open final along with Russian partner Elena Vesnina.The Indian star said the strong wind throughout the clash was a major factor but lauded her rivals for overcoming the adverse conditions better than them. Sania and Elena lost the final 4-6 3-6 to unseeded Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, yesterday. The Czechs were the sixth unseeded pair in 30 years to win a Grand Slam.
Both the pairs committed numerous unforced errors but the Czech girls put on slightly better show which was instrumental in their win.While Sania-Elena's first serve percentage was 54, it was 61 for rivals. Winning percentage for both the first and second serve was less than 50 percent for the Indo-Russian duo.The only area where they performed better was that they committed five double faults to eight of the Czech pair. PTI
