Sania Mirza's 3rd round loss

Being a tennis enthusiast, and being Indian , I'm ashamed to say I'd never watched Sania play.
The Australian open 3rd round match against Venus Williams was my first time.
And I was surprised to see how good Sania was. And disheartened that she lost. Its a shame that our media / people hound her about trivial crap and distract the girl.

About the match:
Her serve is clearly not very strong. But it goes in deep, and Venus could never really take advantage of it. She didn't produce any great winners.

It was her lack of focus/or over eagerness, I felt that gave away the match.
She lost a lot of points trying hard returns to serves, or trying to hit the corners too early in the rally.
Of course, the great aces by Venus - she couldn't do much about.

Again, if it was early in the rally, she wouldn't chase the ball. It looked she decided she didn't want the point, or gave up too quick.

But counter to all these unforced errors - anytime that the rally went beyond the 2 shots, she won the point. And really spectacularly - each time. She literally slapped Venus around. And that was a treat to watch.
And those crosscourts- both backhand & forehand.. were literally untouchable.
Venus was clearly harried and tired running after all those shots, and losing them. Instead of using these wins to her advantage and destroying Venus further, Sania would lose the next point in some silly way.


Here's wishing she'll overcome her minor mental deficiencies, and rise up to her true level. Her technique is really up there.