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[F] (5) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l. (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 57 57!!!

Congratulations to Sania for making it to another doubles final this year...
she will earn 700 points for her effort which should put her back in the top 15 of the doubles...
what's next?? will she play Kremlin Cup??

Good week for Sania...sad there was no stream..
according to TOI article she had planned to play Moscow but having made the final here,she wants to take a break and end the year on a high..And she even has said that she has been training for singles last 2 months and hopes to return to singles next season ..i hope she comes back..miss her so much..
btw any chance of Mirza/Vesnina reunion?

As per today's TOI newspaper, Sania will play in kremlin cup only if she'll get a visa. hopefully she'll get it and play well there too

Sania's partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands qualified for the main draw of the Linz open WTA thrashing 6th seed Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.

Can Sania emulate the same sometime somewhere ?

As has been mentioned many times in this knowledgeable forum, it is all in the legs. Let's be realistic. Her legs don't have it no more. Even at her peak, her legs weren't up to world class standards. When she did play singles, it was a question of Sania's hands beating her opponent's feet. Once they figured out that the forehand was only potent when she had time to set up, they started moving her around and drinking balls low to her forehand totally out of her strike zone. At that point, the mystery of Sania was solved and it became difficult for her. So for any one to expect Sania to start and sustain competitive singles play is wishful thinking. I am just happy when she does well in doubles.

That's a pretty good summary of her singles game and its limitations. She does have pretty good doubles potential as her forehand is still quite a weapon and that's perhaps where she is successful in the next few years.

In her last WTA tournament of the year Sania is again playing with Nuria ... They r facing Darya Kustova and Olga Savchuk in the first round.

At $740K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[R1] (3) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Darya Kustova (BLR)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR)

BTW has Sania and Bathenie Mattek split??
if yes, its good for Sania, she deserves a better partner.
Mattek is playing in Luxembourg with Petkovic.

As per Sania she will decide about 2013 partner in next couple of weeks.

At $740K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

Shaky Start for our pair.

[R1] (3) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) def Darya Kustova (BLR)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-3 5-7 10-6

Good. A win is a win. For now.

They lost against American pair in the second round ... In the both sets Sania lost her serve while serving for staying in the match.

So with this end of the season 2012 for Sania.

At $740K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[R1] (3) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 57 46