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Sania goes down fighting

April 04, 2004 17:24 IST

Wimbledon girls doubles champion Sania Mirza lost to second seed Bahia Mouhtassine of Morocco 2-6 5-7 in the final of the $10,000 Rabat ITF Women's World Ranking Tournament at Morocco.

After initial hiccups, Sania held serve to go ahead in the first set but the Moroccan raised her game and won five games in a row to close the set at 6-2.

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She took the first two games of the second set before Sania hit back with powerful ground strokes on either flank.

Egged on by the home crowd, the Moroccan struck back with some delightful passing shots to win the set 7-5 and the title.

Sania earned eight points from the tournament, including four bonus points, which should help her move up about 40 places from her current singles ranking of 466.

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