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Sania loses in final
TASHKENT,
SEPT 12.
Second seed Na Li of China overpowered seventh seed Sania Mirza of India 6-2, 6-1 in the women's final of the $100,000 Asian tennis championship here on Sunday.
Na Li pocketed $7,200 and a wild card for the Australian Open, as per the understanding between the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) and Tennis Australia.
With four titles in her kitty, the 22-year-old Na Li did not allow the 17-year-old Sania to find her rhythm.
"I didn't sleep well last night thinking about the final. I knew that Sania was going to hit the ball really hard to turn on the pressure.
"So, I mentally prepared for it and it really helped,'' Na Li said after the match.
"She played very well today. I just couldn't read where she was going to hit.
"She disguised it very well. She never allowed me to do much,'' admitted Sania.
In the men's final, top-seeded Yeu Tzuoo Wang of Chinese Taipei tamed second-seeded Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to claim the winner's purse and the wild card for the Australian Open.
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