Birmingham: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out in the first round of the women's singles event at the AEGON Classic tennis tournament here, losing to Tamira Paszek of Austria in a thrilling three-setter.
Sania, ranked 58th in the world, was stunned 3-6 6-4 2-6 by less-fancied Paszek at the USD 220,000 grasscourt event.
The world ranked 80th Austrian will now be up against Russian sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova, who got a bye in the first round.
The tournament is the first of the two warm-up events on grass ahead of this month's All England Championships at Wimbledon.
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