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New Delhi: A day after she crashed out of the singles event at the WTA Bank of West Classic, Sania Mirza made a first round exit from the doubles as well.

Sania and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze lost to the Czech pair of Eva Hardinova and Vladimira Uhlirova 6-3, 6-4 in Stanford.

On Wednesday, she lost in straight sets in the first round singles at the hands of British qualifier Anne Keothavong.

Sania, ranked No. 33, went down 6-7 (4), 1-6 to No. 83 ranked Keothavong in a one-hour-twenty-minute contest of the tier II $600,000 event.

And Sania is not the only one feeling the heat.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, who will be representing India at the Beijing Olympics, too crashed out of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

The Indian duo lost in the first round to Canadian pair of Daniel Nestor and F Naimeir 4-6, 6-3, 10-12.

After losing the first set, the Indian pair won the second to raise hopes of their fans. In the match tie-break, the Indian pair was trailing 6-9 before they went on to level the score and in fact lead 10-9.

Nestor and Niemeyer, however, were not ready to throw in the towel and won the next three consecutive points to get past their opponents.

(With inputs from PTI)

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