London, June 27 (Inditop.com) Sania Mirza’s run in Wimbledon women’s doubles ended when she and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) went down 2-6, 3-6 to Russia’s Alla Kudryavtseva and Monica Niculescu of Romania in the second round here Saturday.
The 15th-seeded Indo-Taiwanese pair frittered away opportunities and could convert only one of their seven break points. They in return were broken four times in the 87-minute match.
Sania and Chuang dropped their serve twice in the first set while wasting five chances to break their opponents. The two, however, with an early break in the second set showed signs of a fightback, but Kudryavtseva and Niculescu broke back in the fourth game to make it 2-2.
Another break in the sixth game put Kudryavtseva and Niculescu 4-2 ahead and they soon made it 5-2 with an easy hold in the next game before serving out the set and the match in the ninth.
Sania with American Bethanie Mattek reached the doubles quarter-final here last year where they lost to eventual winners Venus and Serena Williams.
Sania’s challenge in the singles is already over, losing in the second round to good friend Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
The Hyderabadi is still alive in the mixed doubles event where she is partnering compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
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