: Wimbledon: Sania Mirza marks return with women’s doubles win partnering Bethanie Mattek-Sands #IndiaNEWS Sania Mirza marked her return to Wimbledon for the first time since 2017 with a win in women’s

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Wimbledon: Sania Mirza marks return with women’s doubles win partnering Bethanie Mattek-Sands #IndiaNEWS
Sania Mirza marked her return to Wimbledon for the first time since 2017 with a win in women’s doubles with American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The duo knocked out sixth seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Alexa Guarachi to move to the second round on Thursday.Sania and Mattek-Sands were a bit rusty at the start but once they got their rhythm they dominated the match and won 7-5, 6-3 against the American-Chilean combination in one hour and 27 minutes.The Indo-American pair were under pressure early in the match when Mattek-Sands served the third game that featured seven deuce points. The American served three double faults in a slow start but eventually held the game after saving three break points.Mirza and Mattek-Sands too had two opportunities to break their rivals but the American fluffed a volley from the net before left-handed Krawczyk served extremely well to eventually hold.Guarachi hit a forehand wide at 15-30 to hand two set points to their rivals in the 12th game. It was the chance that Indo-American pair did not squander with Mirza finishing off the set with an overhead smash.In the second set, Mirza and Mattek-Sands opened up a 3-1 lead when they broke Guarachi again.Matte-Sands’ low backhand return was hit back uppishly and...Read more

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