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Sania Mirza s last women s doubles Grand Slam match ended in defeat as she went down 4-6 6-4 2-6 in the second round of the Australian Open on Sunday. Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina, seeded eighth, lost to Belgium s Alison Van Uytvanck and Ukraine s Anhelina Kalinina in a clash lasting little over two hours. India tennis star Sania Mirza in action. Twitter The Indian men s doubles pai stanley cup r of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan s run in the competition was also halted by the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second round. Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan, who came into the tournament as an alternate team, were handed a 4-6 4-6 defeat, ending India s challenge in the men s doubles event. A set down and trailing 0-3 in the second, Mirza and Danilina fought back as they won three games in a row. They got a crucial break in the seventh game when Kalinina and Van Van Uytvanck hit a forehand wide, sending the match into the decider. However, in the third se stanley cup t the Indo-Kazakh were not able to carry forward the winning momentum as they were broken thrice. Mirza is, however, still alive in the mixed doubles draw with veteran stanley cup Rohan Bopanna. The duo had dispatched locals Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville 7-5 6-3 in their opening round on Saturday. A six-time Grand Slam champion three in women s doubles and mixed doubles each , the 36-year-old Mirza had announced that the Australian Open would be her last Grand Slam and she would be retiring after th Pqqc Mourinho tells friends Manchester United job is his: Reports
For Roger Federer, winning grand slams is like riding a bike. Once you know how to do it, you can do it again. HT Image The evergreen Swiss may be carrying a bit more baggage these days, not least with his four children in tow, but in his 60th successive grand slam, the 33-year-old truly believes he can extend his record tally of singles titles to 18. Twelve months ago and nursing a back injury at the US Open, Federer was upset by Spain s Tommy Robredo in the fourth round at the year s final grand slam. A year on and the Swiss second seed faces Australia s world number 76 Marinko Matosevic under the lights at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday, confident he is in good enough shape to win again. I think last year I was trying to convince myself I did h stanley cup ave an opportunity, said Federer, who reached the Wimbledon fin stanley cup al last month. The confidence was going away quickly just because I was just not moving so well. This year, really from the first week, I have always played really nice tennis. So you come into this US Open and you remember how it feels to win tournaments. You almost forget how to lose to a point and confidence rises. You re back to winning ways again and everything seems so simple. I really feel like I can play a great tournament. Following Federer onto Arthur Ashe Stadium court will be Serena Williams, who begins her quest for a third straight US Open title against another American, teenager Taylor Townsend. Wimbledon champion Petr stanley becher a Kvitova takes |
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