Saturday, October 8 2005 14:25 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Tokyo: India's teenage star Sania Mirza said on Saturday she was satisfied with her effort at the Japan Open, despite a straight-sets loss to France's Tatiana Golovin in the semi-finals.

Trailing by a set and 0-5 in the second, Sania fought off two match points to pull back to 4-5, but ran out of steam on her serve in the 10th game, falling to the French third seed, 6-2, 6-4.

"She (Golovin) was retrieving the balls so well. I started well, but then it got windy, and I think she adjusted to the conditions better than me. She was hitting winners and played a solid match," Sania said.

"I don't think I played bad. When I had two match points against me, I played like I had nothing to lose. I just wanted to get a game, and then I saw an opening. At 5-4, it could have gone either way, but then I made a couple of loose shots," she said.