Roland Garros: Sania-Mattek crash out in first round
29 May 2012 9:37 PM GMT
India's Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands were knocked out by Russian-Romanian combine of Nina Bratchikova and Edina Gallovits-Hall in the women's doubles first round at the French Open here Tuesday.
The fifteenth seeds went down fighting. Recovering from a set down, they, however, failed to win points on their serve to finally lose 3-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the unseeded pair.
The loss is a blow for the Indian, who is trying to keep herself in the top-10 of the WTA rankings before the 11th June cut-off date for London Olympics.
Sania made the finals at the Roland Garros in 2011 with Russia's Elene Vesnina. The Hyderabadi won the Brussels Open with Bethanie last week.
The fifteenth seeds went down fighting. Recovering from a set down, they, however, failed to win points on their serve to finally lose 3-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the unseeded pair.
The loss is a blow for the Indian, who is trying to keep herself in the top-10 of the WTA rankings before the 11th June cut-off date for London Olympics.
Sania made the finals at the Roland Garros in 2011 with Russia's Elene Vesnina. The Hyderabadi won the Brussels Open with Bethanie last week.
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