Sania Mirza lost 4-6, 4-6 Meghann Shaughnessy in the first round of the Bangkok Open.
Kohli said people should also understand the sacrifices made by the sportspersons in their career and should not criticise them during their failures.
India's Shikha Uberoi bowed out of the Sunfeast Kolkata Open, losing to Hana Sromova in another first round match.
Out of contention in singles, Sania Mirza was off to a winning start in women's doubles event as the Indian and her Dane partner Caroline Wozniacki notched up a straight-set victory to enter the second round of the Wimbledon.
The Hyderabad-based Mirza, 18, has become the toast of a country starved of sporting heroes with even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally congratulating her.
Sania Mirza began her Aegon International qualifying campaign with a straight-set win over Mariana Duque Marino of Colombia in Eastbourne on Saturday.
The Hyderabadi player has been advised a three-week rest by her doctor while the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year kicks off from Monday.
She went down to 98th ranked Russian Vasilisa Bardina in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.
Sania Mirza failed to make the main draw of the WTA Premier event in Cincinnati after going down tamely to local wild card entrant Alexa Glatch in straight sets in the second and final round of the qualifiers.
Newly-wed tennis star Sania Mirza said she will try to remain injury-free and her target will be to win medals in the Commonwealth and Asian Games later this year.
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands earned themselves a shot at their third title of the season by reaching the final of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
Sania Mirza, who got a wild card entry for the Olympics, indicated she has no problem in partnering Leander Paes in the mixed doubles event in London but hit out at the AITA for using her as a "bait" in the selection row.
The Indian ace defeated wild card Eleni Daniilidou of Germany 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 in the first round match on Tuesday.\n\n
Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Maria Elena Camerin entered the doubles quarter-finals of the Tashkent Open with a straight-set win over Lyudmyla and Nadiya Kichenok, in Tashkent on Wednesday.
India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands crashed out of the Sony Open Miami Masters after losing their women's doubles quarter-final match against world No.1 pair of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in straight sets at Crandon Park.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza received a setback in her efforts to regain her form after revealing that her career-threatening wrist injury had returned.
The Indian ace beat Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 7-6(5) at the Open Gaz de France in Paris
Sania Mirza upset top seed Irina Boulykina of Russia to win the 10,000 dollar ITF women's title at Wrexham, England.
Sania Mirza continued to slide down the ranking ladder as the Indian is now placed at number 182, a loss of 41 places, in the latest WTA list issued on Monday.
Sania Mirza and her Israeli partner Shahar Peer's second round women's doubles match at Wimbledon was suspended due to rain.
The third seeded Indian ace got the better of Hana Sromova in a second round match.
The Wimbledon girls' doubles champ will play less junior events and focus on her fitness.
"It's great that Sourav came here and watched the match," said Sania.
Outside Bollywood films, Sania Mirza might be the only Indian success welcomed as warmly in neighbouring Pakistan and the 28-year-old expects her doubles feats to inspire girls on both sides of the border to pick up a tennis racquet.
The Indian ace won the first set but was outplayed in the next two by Francesca Schiavone in the second round of the US Open.
The second seeded Indo-Russian pair needed just over an hour to get the better of the Argentine team of Gisela Dulko and Paola Suof 6-2, 6-3.
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina recovered from a second-set lapse against Timea Bacsinszky and Alberta Brianti to advance to the doubles quarter-finals of the Indian Wells WTA Premier event.
The Indian ace beat American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-1 to move into the second round Acura Classic.
They were beaten in straight sets by Italy's Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko of Argentina.
India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis, on Thursday, rallied to win their 29th match in a row, to reach the Sydney International women's doubles final and break a 22-year-old world record en route.
They set up a second round clash with Shikha Uberoi and Jelena Jankovic at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.
Sania Mirza, seeded ninth, advanced with a 6-1, 0-6, 6-1 victory over Finland's Emma Laine.
The Indian ace is scheduled to hit the practice court on Sunday before taking the final call on playing the Sunfeast Open.
The third seed, who lost to Lucie Safarova, was richer by $12,000.
The Indian ace was trailing 5-7 against Meng Yuan of China when she pulled out due to lower back strain.
The two Indian tennis aces won the doubles titles at the Pilot Pen tournament with Mara Santangelo and Nenad Zimonjic respectively.
Sania Mirza slipped to 41 in WTA rankings after a first round exit at the French Open
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