Sania in doubles 2nd round, Bhupathi out

Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber of South Africa beat the American pair of Angela Haynes and Neha Uberoi 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of women's doubles at the US Open on Thursday.

However, Mahesh Bhupathi and his Argentine partner Paola Suarez crashed out of the mixed doubles event.

The duo lost 6-4, 1-6, 8-10 to Anastassia Rodionova (Russia) and Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe).

Earlier in the day, Sania Mirza bowed out of the US Open women's singles event with a three-set loss to Fransesco Schiavone of Italy in the second round.

Much like her Wimbledon loss to Elena Dementieva, Sania started strongly before fading out, losing 7-5 1-6 2-6 to the 14th seed in the year's final Grand Slam at the Flushing Meadows. (PTI)