Sania Mirza’s demolition drive was halted by world number two and defending champion Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the Acura Classic Women’s tennis tournament here.
The unseeded Indian suffered a 6-2 6-1 loss to her more fancied Russian opponent in just 61 minutes yesterday in a repeat of their 2005 US Open pre-quarters match.
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Sania Mirza continued with her dream form to sweep past eighth seed Russian Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-2 to set up an exciting quarter-final clash with world number two and defending champion Maria Sharapova at the $1.3 million Acura Classic Women’s tennis tournament.
The Indian, who has won 10 of her last 12 matches, would take [...]