Sania bows out of doubles event too

As if her exit from the singles was not enough, Indian ace Sania Mirza crashed out of the doubles event as well after she and her American partner Corina Morariu was thrashed 6-2, 6-1 by 14th seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) and Amelie Mauresmo (France) in the Australian Open here today.

Pitted against the seeded pairs, Sania and Morariu had no clue at all and the Indo-American pair was struggling right from the beginning in court no 18. Kuznetsova, who had lost to Sania in Dubai Open last year, and Mauresmo were in command and it took them 26 minutes to bag the first set dropping just two games.

The second set was clearly a one-sided show as Kuznetsova and Mauresmo broke their rivals twice and raced to a 5-0 lead before the Sania-Corina pair tried to salvage some honour by holding their serve to make it 5-1.

It was, however, an effort to delay the inevitable and the Kuznetsova-Mauresmo duo held their serve to win the match in about an hour and show the door to their rivals.