Sania Mirza clinches the ITF Lexington challenger title

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza wins the ITF Lexington Challenger trophy on Monday by beating the top seeded French star Julie Coin by 7- 6 (7-5),6-4. By winning the title she gained three positions and moved to the rank of 80^th position from 83^rdin the world ranking. But at the same time in doubles, she falled ten positions ranking 49^th in the ATP rank. In the match, Sania had a wonderful start as she won the very first serve of the French star Julie and taking a lead of 2-0 in the beginning. But Julie bounces back greatly as she lead the game by 5-3 against Sania. But Sania manages the pressure, as she got back the two serves in a row leading to the tie break. During the tie break, at first French star hand was at a lead by 5-2 but later Sania won four points in a row and sealed the first set. Julie led the second set by 2-1 at the very beginning but later Sania changed the game strategy while taking a lead of 5-3. Sania served for winning the match, but she lost that game to Julie. However Sania won the Julie’s next game for clinching $50000 IFT challenger title. This was only a second event for sania mirza in IFT challenger trophy after 2003.