Sania knocked out in Round 2

Sania Mirza once again fell at the second round stage when she lost in straight sets to Meng Yuan at the $ 600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament.

Sania Mirza once again fell at the second round stage when she lost in straight sets to Meng Yuan at the $ 600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament.

The 16th seed Indian lost to her unseeded Chinese opponent 4-6, 3-6 in an hour and a half to crash out of the hard court WTA event.

Sania broke Yuan once and dropped her own serve twice to go down in the first set. Then in the second, Sania could convert just three out of six breakpoints while the Chinese cashed in on all the five breakpoints to snatch the match away from the Indian.

Sania had also lost her second round matches at WTA events in Birmingham, s’Hertogenbosch and at Wimbledon last month.

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