Go Sania....Go..

Its was a pleasant surprise for me when I saw the news "Sania Mirza pulled off the biggest win of her fledgling career when she upset world number 7 and US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, to move into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open women tennis championship on Tuesday".

It was a surprise to me coz, I didn't place high hopes on her due to following reasons:

1) Budding star, that means high hopes will lead to disappointment.
2) She was struggling with her bruised knee. And she was even thinking about withdrawing from the event.
3) tournament after recovery from injury is always going to be tough for a rising star, especially when its against top ranked player...


Worse was the fact that who had the most terrible start to the match; lost the first game to love in 42 seconds, as the fourth-seeded Russian fired two aces, and fell behind 0-4 after suffering an ankle injury.

Then comes the 'Courage show' by Sania when the Pain killer started to take effect; Once Sania had banished her nerves she began to thump the ball down the line. The Russian had no answer to Sania's growing confidence.

After winning six straight games to take the first set Sania grew in confidence and forced a forehand error from Kuznetsova to break in the first game of the second set and went on to claim the match 6-4, 6-2.

I wish that she beats 28th ranked Jelena Jankovic in the quarter finals, but without high expectations.