Sania Mirza 2013

[prassanaprassana]

Looks like everybody has forgotten Sania
Sania is playing in Brisbane this week with Mattek-Sands..They have won their first match today against Govorotsova/Dushevina 6-4,6-2..good start to the year
is she ever coming back to singles by the way?

[ankit1407]

ah its that time of the year again

[jaydeep]

Thanks Prassana for updates ... So winning start of new 2013 season for Sania with Bethanie in Premier event.

At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia (WTA Premier)

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 62

[prassanaprassana]

Mirza mattek will take on second seeds Huber/Martinez Sanchez tom..the match will be streamed

[Saniapower]

64 62 was the scoreline. This year Brisbane has been promoted to a $1m premier event. This week two more WTA events are being held, one in Shenzhen($500K) which is a new tournament and the other one in Auckland($235K). And also Hopman cup going on, so many tournaments in one week.

[jaydeep]

Sania and Bethabie scored solid win over 2nd seeds Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez ... In the first set they won four games in a row from 2-all ... In the second set Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez broke Sania's serve in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but after that Sania and Bethanie won five games from next six games ... In that they broke Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez's serve twice for win in 62 minutes ... In the semis they r facing experienced pair of Hantuchova and Srebotnik.

At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt (2) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 62 63

[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

PS. Thanks Saniapower, updated score from previous post.

[Omkara]

Thats a good start to the year. Has she decided to play Bethanie this year or is this a one tournament pairing?

[PKBasu]

Wow! Superb start to the year for Sania with Bethanie Mattek-Sands!

[prassanaprassana]

Mirza/Mattek reach finals..they were leading 5-1 in the semifinals when Hantuchova retired due to injury..
in the finals..good start to the year

[prashanthm]

Good solid perf by Sania/Bethanie after losing serve first up to take 5 games on the trot....

A title win here would almost guarantee a seeding at AO 2013.......

[PKBasu]

Terrific start to the year! Go Sania!!

[suresh]

The line-up for the final is decided as top-seeds Errani/Vinci lost to Groenefeld/Peschke 4-6 1-6.

$1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia

[F} Sania Mirza/Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs [4] Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Kveta Peschke

[PKBasu]

Sania is still ranked as high as #12 in doubles -- and 278 in singles. The 320 points she has already earned in Brisbane are a great start to the year in doubles. I hope she plays some singles soon too.

Bethanie is ranked 35 in doubles (169 in singles), so her ranking may be an impediment to getting seeded at the AO -- although this week's points should boost her ranking.

[prassanaprassana]

for finals..
and hope she plays some singles too,else her ranking may get even worse..but she's not going to play atleast till AO and may never will

[Omkara]

she has said before singles only if she can maintain her fitness level. Look at it from her side. Doubles is helping her earn a decent career. Why take risk of singles which is strenous and has high risk of injuries?