Back strain forces Sania to quit

Sania Mirza’s run here was today cut short when she retired hurt in the second round of the $200,000 WTA Thailand Open Tennis Tournamen...

Sania Mirza’s run here was today cut short when she retired hurt in the second round of the $200,000 WTA Thailand Open Tennis Tournament today.

The fifth seed was trailing 5-7 against China’s Meng Yuan when she suffered lower back strain and threw in the towel before the start of the second set.

Sania had climbed up to her career-best 31 rank in the latest WTA singles list after she had reached the semifinals of a WTA event in Tokyo last week, where she lost to third-seeded Tatiana Golovin of France 2-6 4-6.

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The Bangkok tour was Sania’s last assignment before her scheduled break of around a month.

The 18-year-old had defeated Slovakia’s Henrieta Nagyova 6-1 4-6 6-0 in the first round on Tuesday.

In the doubles also, sania, partnering Israel’s Shahar Peer, made it to the second round after beating Carly Gullickson and Abigail Spears in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (3) yesterday.

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