Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza [Images], making a comeback from a wrist injury, went down fighting against her nemesis Ana Chakvetadze, resulting in team Asia-Pacific's 0-2 defeat against Team Russia [Images] at World Team Challenge tournament in Hong Kong on Thursday.
All the hopes of the Asian team making a comeback in the tie rested on Sania after Asia-pacific captain Chinese Zheng Jie lost the first singles to her counterpart Vera Zvonareva [Images].
The Indian ace fought well against the world number 18 but could not help her team as Chakvetadze beat her 6-4, 6-4 to seal off the issue.
Earlier, Zvonareva beat Zheng 7-6 (3), 6-4, to give her team a 1-0 lead.
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