With this loss to a wild card entrant in Key Biscayne, Sania has failed to get past the third round of any tour event this year.
New Delhi: Sania Mirza put up a gallant fight before going down in the first round of the $3.45-million Nadaq 100 Open WTA Tour event in Florida, USA.
Sania lost 7-6 (8/6) 1-6 7-6 (10/8) to Anna Tatashvili of Georgia in Key Biscayne on Thursday night.
Tatashvili was given a wild card for the tournament.
With this loss Sania has failed to get past the third round of any tour event this year and has lost in the first round of three of her seven tournaments in 2006.
On Tuesday she was named the Newcomer of the Year by WTA for winning the Hyderabad Open and ending 2005 ranked a career best number 31.
She was honoured at the second annual joint ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Awards ceremony.
(With inputs from PTI)
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