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This is an archive article published on January 22, 2005

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If you missed the match, read the highlightsBEST SANIA MOMENT:Fourth game, first set. Serena is all over her when suddenly, out of nowhere, ...

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If you missed the match, read the highlights

BEST SANIA MOMENT:
Fourth game, first set. Serena is all over her when suddenly, out of nowhere, Sania sends down her first ace. And shows she8217;s not going down without a fight

BEST SERENA MOMENT:
Match won, the star pats the rookie on the back instead of just shaking hands, then offers words of encouragement

BEST RALLY:
Sixth game, second set, Serena serving 40-30 up. Five sets of exchanges between a cool, cool Sania and a heaving, grunting 8212; and powerful 8212; Serena. Eventually a big forehand helped Sania deuce the game

BEST GAME:
Game four, second set, when Sania almost broke Serena. Aided by two unforced errors and a double-handed backhand that caught Serera on the wrong foot, Sania worked three break-points in her favour. In the end, Serena8217;s experience proved too much

BEST COMMENTARY LINE:
8216;8216;She Sania played like a junior in the first set, but now she looks like she belongs out there8217;8217; During the fifth game of the second set, which Sania won on love

BEST COMEBACK:
Down 5-3 and two match-points, it looked like Sania8217;s run was over. But she fooled us all, saving the first MP with a forehand whizzing past Serena centimeters short of the baseline. She then 8216;deuced8217; the game with a down-the-line winner hit on the run. Two unforced errors helped her win that game and the dream continued a while longer

6-1, 6-4 SET-BACK
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