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US Open: Sania Mirza-Barbora Strycova Crash Out of Women's Doubles
India's campaign at US Open 2016 came to an end on Tuesday after Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Barbora Strycova lost 6-7, 1-6 to top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles quarterfinals
Sania Mirza-Barbora Strycova blew away a good start to lose their US Open women's doubles quarterfinal.© Twitter
Highlights
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Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova have lost in women's doubles quarters
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Mirza-Strycova lost in straight sets to the top seeds in the event
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With the loss, India's campaign at US Open 2016 has come to an end
Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova were knocked out of the women's doubles event at the US Open after going down 6-7 (3), 1-6 to top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic on Tuesday.
Mirza-Strycova started well in the first set, and raced to a 5-2 lead. However, the Indo-Czech pair blew away the lead to lose the set in a tiebreaker.
The seventh seeds lost 3-7 in the first set tiebreaker.
In the second set, the top seeds dominated proceedings and promptly closed out the set 6-1 to knock Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova out of the tournament.
With Sania Mirza already out of the mixed doubles event, and Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna both having ended their campaigns at the tournament, no more Indians are in fray at US Open 2016.
Topics mentioned in this article
Tennis
Sania Mirza
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
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