Sania Mirza ousted from Wimbledon Singles

Thursday, June 25, 2009, 10:52 [IST]

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Wimbledon, Jun 25: Crashing out of the second round again, Sania Mirza has disappointed millions of tennis enthusiasts in India. 28th seed Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat the unseeded Indian a 6-4, 6-4 win to storm into round three of Wimbledon Singles on Wednesday, Jun 24.

Even though Sania was able to break Cirstea's serve, her unforced errors cost her heavily. French Open quarter finalist, Cirstea will now face Belarussian number eight seed Victoria Azarenka in the third round.

However, on a positive note for India Mahesh Bhupathi-Mark Knowles and Prakash Amritraj-Qureshi advanced in the men"s doubles category.

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Topics: sania mirza, wimbledon, wimbledon 2009, sania mirza, mahesh bhupati, prakash amritraj, sorana cirstea, mark knowles, victoria azarenka, french open

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