Sania Mirza came from one set down to win her second round match against Tatiana Pouchek. Sania Mirza is seeded number 5 for this tournament and is understandably the crowd favorite since the Sony Ericsson WTA tournament is being played in her home country.

The winner of the Bangalore open wins $1,70,000 in prize money which is a pretty hefty amount. When the press asked about the initial inconsistency shown in her game Sania said tongue in cheek, “The crowd was so good here, I decided to entertain them for a while.”