Indian ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis crashed out of the French Open after being upstaged in straight sets by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and lucie Safarova in their women’s doubles quarterfinal match here on Wednesday. Top seeds and hot favourites, Sania and Martina went down to the seventh seeded American-Czech pair 5-7, 2-6.
With this defeat, India’s campaign in the main draw of the French Open is over. It was a below par performance by Sania and Martina, managing to win just a total of 61 points as compared to 70 by their lower-ranked rivals.
Sania and Martina simply failed to live up to their reputation as they struggled throughout the match. Although they fought hard in the opening set, the Indo-Swiss duo could not step up the momentum when needed and lost 5-7. In the second set, Sania and Martina turned out to be no match to their opponents. They lost their serve in the beginning of the set itself to fall behind 0-2. leading 2-0, Mattek-Sands and Safarova tightened the noose and the top seeds were left to play only the catching up game, which they eventually lost.