Will take time to find touch: Sania

The Indian tennis sensation said that she had made a few changes to her game while training under Tony Roche.

Updated on: Jan 10, 2006, 11:22:00 IST

PTI | By Anonymous, Sydney

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Sania Mirza managed to win her first set of the season but a couple of crucial line call overrules nipped her fight in the bud as she went down to Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in the first round of Medibank International Open here on Monday.

Sania, playing in her first WTA Tour match of the season, went down 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Hantuchova, world number 17, in a Centre Court match at the USD 600,000 event.

The 19-year old Hyderabadi, world ranked 34, should have been 5-2 up but an overrule by the chair umpire at a critical moment cost her the lead.

A similar overrule in the decider saw the Indian go down 2-5 down instead of staying on serve for 3-4.

Sania said it would be at least a couple of months before she found her touch as she had made a few changes to her game while training under Tony Roche.

"It will take me a few months for sure in match pressure situations before I expect to be confident with what I am trying to execute. But for a start -- pretty good," Sania said.

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