Dubai Open, Day 2

Sania lost the first game to love in 42 seconds, as the fourth-seeded Russian fired two aces, and fell behind 0-4 after suffering an ankle injury.

She received several minutes of treatment but double-faulted twice at 0-3 as she experienced problems while serving.

"My ankle was killing me," said Mirza. "It was the third time it has happened in the last three weeks. I was actually crying because I was in so much pain.

"But I took a pain killer and I think it took a couple of games for me to get used to the taping, and the pain killers started working 15 or 20 minutes after that."

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