Line call turning point of match: Sania's coach

Farrington said Sania could have had a different story to tell if only a crucial line call had gone in her favour.

Sania Mirza's travelling coach John Farrington on Tuesday said the Indian teenager could have had a different story to tell if only a crucial line call had gone in her favour in the women's singles fourth round match against Maria Sharapova at the US Open.

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Sania had a triple breakpoint on Sharapova's serve with the Russian top seed up 4-2 in the seventh game of the first set.

The 2004 Wimbledon champion, after netting her first serve, came up with a bullet speed centre serve that seemed to clip outside of the service area but the linesman ruled it in.

Instead of a doublefault, it turned out to be an ace and the point to Sharapova.

Farrington rued the bad luck saying that had the point gone to Sania, the 18-year-old would have got back the crucial break she was looking for and from there on anything could have happened.

"Was it the turning point? I can't say but Sania was swinging big and Sharapova was a little edgy at that moment. Had that point and game gone to Sania, Maria could have gotten tight," said the 47-year-old from Bahamas.

It was the fourth time Sania was playing a top-10 player in her first full-fledged season on the women's circuit. The first was at the Australian Open where as a wild card she took on Serena Williams in the third round.