New Delhi: Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's doubles of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday when she and her American partner Bethanie Mattek lost their quarter-final match.
The Indo-American pair failed to get past fifth seed Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chauang of Taiwan.
Sania and Bethanie lost the first set 3-6 but came right back to take the second 6-3.
They were in control of the game in the third set as well but the Taaiwanese pair won some crucial points in the end to take the decider 6-4 and with it the match.
With the loss Sania's campaign at the Flushing Meadows has come to an end.
Sania, the first Indian woman to be seeded at a Grand Slam event, had earlier lost in the third round of the singles event. The 20-year-old Indian is currently ranked at the 27th spot in the singles.
In the mixed doubles, Sania partnering Mahesh Bhupathi could not get past Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi.
Women's doubles quarter-finals: Agnes Szavay, Hungary, and Vladimira Uhlirova (14), Czech Republic, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung (5), Taiwan, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Sania Mirza (16), India, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
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