Sania-Francesca crash out of US Open
Sania Mirza
and Shahar Peer.
Gisela and Shahar defeated the Indo-Italian duo 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 in the second round.
Sania is already out of the singles event after suffering one of the worst defeats of her career in the second round against Italian friend Flavia Pennetta.
However, the Indian ace has some hope in the mixed doubles event. Sania, teaming up with Candian Daniel Nestor, outplayed Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Ashley Fisher of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the mixed doubles.
Earlier in the day, Mahesh Bhupathi and Liezel Huber cruised into the second round of mixed doubles of the US Open.
Bhupathi and Huber beat Vania King and Marcelo Melo in a straight set of 7-5, 6-0. The duo next play Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac in the second round.
