By IANS,
Dubai : India’s Sania Mirza, who lost in the singles first round, failed to clear the first hurdle in the doubles as well as she and her Spanish partner Virginia Ruano Pacual went down in straight sets to Jie Zheng of China and Chan Yung-jan of Chinese Taipei in the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships here Tuesday.
Sania and Pascual, seeded seventh, lost 3-6, 3-6.
Sania Monday had made her fourth first round exit in the five singles outings this season.