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 | | From: | nkdatta8839 at bigmailbox.net | | Subject: | Sania Mirza Goes Down To Serena Williams In Australian Open | | Date: | 21 Jan 2005 09:54:40 -0800 |
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 | rediff.com Sportsdesk
January 21, 2005 13:24 IST
Sania goes down fighting
Sania Mirza finally got a first-hand experience of what life at the top
of the tennis world might be like when she took on the might of seventh
seed and former champion Serena Williams at the Australian Open on
Friday.
However, Serena was in no mood for games and quickly quelled the
challenge from the rising Indian teenager to reach the fourth round at
the Open with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.
A first serve percentage of only 33 made it very difficult for Mirza to
compete in the first set against the powerful all-round game of Serena.
The score progressed very quickly to 5-0 and it looked as if Mirza
might not get onto the board at all. But then she finally managed to
hold her serve and a smile creased across her face in relief.
Serena, who is yet to lose a set at this year's Open, looked in
complete control upto this point and closed the first set in 20
minutes.
However, the second set was a completely different story. Having won a
game, Mirza's confidence came flowing back into her game.
Her first-serve percentage went up and that resulted in her winning two
easy service games.
She earned three break points in the fourth game of the second set but
Williams saved them all with good serves and leveled the scores at 2-2.
Mirza was matching Serena shot for shot and the American now had to
produce her best tennis.
The biggest difference between the two players at this point was the
serve. Serena has one of the most powerful serves in the women's game,
while Mirza's is very much a work in progress.
Serena broke Mirza in the seventh game to go up 4-3 in the second set.
Serena then held her own serve and held two match points on Mirza's
serve. Mirza saved them both with some powerful groundstrokes and then
went on to hold the game.
But the American still led 5-4 and served for the match. The American
went up 40-0 in her service game and quickly closed the match with her
12th ace and moved into the fourth round.
The second set lasted 36 minutes.
Both players committed 18 unforced errors but Serena had 26 winners as
compared to Mirza's 11. The Indian failed to convert any of three break
points she had but Serena converted three out of six and ran out an
easy winner.
Mirza may have lost the match but she showed enough resilience to prove
to herself and all those watching that she belongs in the top tier of
women's tennis.
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| | From: | nkdatta8839 at bigmailbox.net | | Subject: | Re: Sania Mirza Goes Down To Serena Williams In Australian Open | | Date: | 21 Jan 2005 15:36:15 -0800 |
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habshi wrote:
> Serena and Venus Williams are built like men , all women
> should have to pass dna tests
Even if one were to discover merit in Mr.
Habshi's contention, a precedent was set
long ago by the Dr. Renee Richards case
that makes DNA gender tests irrelevant:
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Rene=E9 Richards, M.D.
Rene=E9 Richards (ne=E9 Richard Raskin) had been an opthomologist and a
moderately good tennis player before she transitioned in the mid
'70s. In 1976 at age 52, she entered a women's tennis tournament
where she was both read and recognized. The ensuing battle between Ms.
Richards and the sporting authorities made headline news for several
weeks. Ms. Richards went to court to defend her right to be recognized
as female. The court ruled that transuals after full transition and
reassignment surgery were legally the new . This established an
important precident not just for sports but for all aspects of civil
and private life involving transual persons.
After controversy died down Ms. Richards played tennis as a woman, in
which it was discovered that her medical history did not give her an
edge in performance. Later, she served as a coach for Martina
Navratilova, a popular and well seeded women's tennis champion. Ms.
Richards was often seen socializing with Ms. Navratilova and her lover,
Rita Mae Brown, author of several popular novels including Ruby Fruit
Jungle.
Rene=E9 Richards wrote an autobiography entitled Second Serve. Later a
made for television movie by the same title was produced, starring
Venassa Redgrave as Ms. Richards.
Dr. Richards continues to practice medicine in New York and serves on
the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology &
Strabismus.
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| | From: | habshi | | Subject: | Re: Sania Mirza Goes Down To Serena Williams In Australian Open | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:57:39 GMT |
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| Serena and Venus Williams are built like men , all women
should have to pass dna tests
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