Dubai: Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina suffered a crushing 2-6, 1-6 defeat against top seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to end runners up at the WTA Dubai Open here on Saturday.
The second seeded Indo-Russian pair had started well and gave a good fight in the first 30 minutes of the match but were blown away after that.
It was the pair of Sania and Vesnina, who earned the break chance in the very first game of the match but could not capitalise.
Sania and Vesnina lost 2-6, 1-6 against Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to end runners up at Dubai Open.
The contest lasted just 68 minutes.
Sania had won the Pattaya Open doubles title with Australian Anastasia Rodionova, a few weeks back.
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Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings in singles and top 10 in dou ...
Elena Sergeevna Vesnina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Веснина) (born Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, August 1, 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. ...
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