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Friday, Oct 14, 2005

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Sania Mirza retires hurt

BANGKOK: Sania Mirza's run was cut short when she retired hurt in the second round of $200,000 WTA Thailand Open tennis tournament here on Thursday.

The fifth-seeded Indian was trailing 5-7 against Meng Yuan of China when she suffered a lower-back strain and threw in the towel before the start of the second set.

The Bangkok tour was Sania's last assignment before her scheduled break of around a month.

Important results:

At Bangkok (Thailand Open): Singles: Second round: Nadia Petrova bt Saori Obata 6-3, 6-2; Conchita Martinez bt Catalina Castano 6-2, 6-0; Meng Yuan bt Sania Mirza 7-5 (retd.).

At Moscow (Kremlin Cup): Women: Second round: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

At Vienna (BA-CA Trophy): Second round: Tommy Robredo bt Ivo Minar 7-6(4), 6-4; Radek Stepanek bt Tim Henman 6-7(2), 7-6(3), 6-1. First round: Ivan Ljubicic bt Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 6-4, 6-3; Carlos Moya bt Bjorn Phau 7-5, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer bt Gaston Gaudio 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(5); David Nalbandian bt Sebastien Grosjean 6-4, 6-7(9), 6-3.

At Stockholm (Stockholm Open): Second round: Thomas Johansson bt Vincent Spadea 6-3, 6-4; Davide Sanguinetti bt George Bastl 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

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