8230; when the best was not good enough

8226; Held on to her serve and won the tie-breaker at 4 to take the match into the decider.

Third set

8226; Broken in the third game, but broke right back to make it 2-2.

8226; Not finding serving rhythm and being broken twice more, seemed she would give up.

8226; Still broke Kuznetsova serving for match, and held on to her serve to make it 4-5.

8226; At break point, Kuznetsova came up with an unbelievable volley which, according to Sania, sealed the match.

Match facts

8226; Sania hit 35 winners to Kuznetsova8217;s 38.

8226; She had 37 unforced errors compared to Svetlana8217;s 30.

8226; Sania made 8 double faults and won only 23 of points on her second serve.

8226; She converted just 6 break point she availed.