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French Open 2013: Sania Mirza crashes out in first round of mixed doubles
India's Sania Mirza and her Swedish partner Robert Lindstedt today crashed out in the first round of the mixed doubles event, suffering a shocking straight-set defeat at the hands of Cara Black and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi here.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: June 01, 2013 12:26 AM IST
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Paris:
India's Sania Mirza and her Swedish partner Robert Lindstedt today crashed out in the first round of the mixed doubles event, suffering a shocking straight-set defeat at the hands of Cara Black and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi here.
The top seeded Indo-Swede combination were no match for their unseeded opponents, losing 2-6 3-6 in little less than an hour.
Black and Qureshi will now face the winner of the match between Sorana Cirstea of Romania and David Marrero and Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei and Denmark's Frederik Nielsen.
Sania, however, will partner American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the women's doubles event where they have been seeded seventh.
The Indo-American pair will face French duo of Alize Cornet and Virginie Razzano in the first round.
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Tennis French Open 2013 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwanska Bernard Tomic Pablo Carreno Busta Sania Mirza Novak Djokovic Andy Murray
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