Sania-Elena out of Mercury Insurance Open

Fourth seeds Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina's campaign ended in the doubles event of the Mercury Insurance Open following a right-hand injury to the Russian. Up against Elena Bovina of Russia and Jie Zheng of China, the Indo-Russian pair were trailing 2-5 in the opening set when they decided to opt out of the contest.

Fourth seeds Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina's campaign ended in the doubles event of the Mercury Insurance Open following a right-hand injury to the Russian. Up against Elena Bovina of Russia and Jie Zheng of China, the Indo-Russian pair were trailing 2-5 in the opening set when they decided to opt out of the contest.

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Sania is already out of the singles event after losing the first round match 2-6 3-6 to the world number 36 and 15th seed Sara Errani of Italy. Sania, coming back from a break, had suffered defeat in the first round of the Citi Open also, last week.