: Tennis: Sania Mirza loses doubles opener; Svitolina, Andreescu, Pliskova out of Eastbourne #IndiaNEWS Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost their first

Tennis: Sania Mirza loses doubles opener; Svitolina, Andreescu, Pliskova out of Eastbourne #IndiaNEWS
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost their first round match in straight sets at the grasscourt tournament in Eastbourne. The unseeded Indo-American pair lost 3-6, 4-6 to Christina Mchale and Sabrina Santamaria of USA in a match that lasted one hour and 18 minutes, late on Wednesday night.The 34-year-old winner of six Grand Slams in doubles will pair up with Mattek-Sands in the women’s doubles event of Wimbledon, starting on June 28.In singles, Elina Svitolina, Iga Swiatek and Bianca Andreescu were dumped out of the women’s singles while Gael Monfils crashed out of the men’s event.Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina upset second seed Svitolina 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the quarter-finals while Andreescu, seeded third, went down 3-6, 3-6 to Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the Wimbledon warm-up event.Svitolina held game point to edge 5-4 ahead in the first set but Rybakina found three stunning forehand winners to snatch the crucial break and take the lead instead.The world No 21 maintained her advantage, breaking early in the second set but missed an opportunity to take a 5-2 double-break lead and Ukraine’s Svitolina forced a tie-break. Undaunted, Rybakina refocused and a series of emphatic serves and backhands enabled her to dominate, sealing her...Read more

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