Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her American accomplice Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a straight units defeat in opposition to the pair of Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegmund within the first spherical of the Abu Dhabi Open right here.
The Sania-Bethanie pair made an early exit from the match after dropping 3-6, 4-6 to the Belgian-German pair in a match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes on Monday evening.
Six-time Grand Slam winner Sania is all set to retire from skilled tennis after taking part in within the Dubai Tennis Championships beginning February 19.
Last month, Sania and Rohan Bopanna have been runners-up within the blended doubles on the Australian Open in Melbourne as they misplaced to Brazilians Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos within the remaining.
That match was the final time Sania participated in a Grand Slam.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
