Sania crashes out of doubles semifinals in Stanford Classic

Sania Mirza's good run in the doubles came to a crashing end with the Indian teen and her American partner Bethanie Mattek suffering a straight set defeat at the hands of fourth seeded Italian-Argentine duo of Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko

Sania Mirza's good run in the doubles came to a crashing end with the Indian teen and her American partner Bethanie Mattek suffering a straight set defeat at the hands of fourth seeded Italian-Argentine duo of Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko in the semifinals of the 600,000 dollar Stanford Classic.

The Camerin-Dulko pair quelled challenge from their Indo-American opponents and beat them 6-4, 6-3 to breeze into the finals.

Sania, earlier, had crashed out of the singles event in the first round. Sania and Bethanie were matching their rivals shot for shot but suddenly they lost momentum and the fight went in vain as Camerin and Dulko pocketed the first set, according to information received here today.

Occasional flashes notwithstanding, Sania and Bethanie looked but jaded in the second set. They needed to win it to force a decider but the sense of urgency was somehow lacking and they rather surprisingly seemed to have read the writing on the wall and gave up without a fight.

Sania has had a poor second full season in the WTA Tour but her doubles show has been quite satisfactory and the Hyderabadi rose to a career high 31 in WTA Rankings.