Sania-Ivanovic ousted in quarters

March 31, 2006

Sania Mirza and her Serbian partner Ana Ivanovic lost to their higher rated opponents in the doubles quarterfinal of the 3.45 million Nasdaq-100 Open WTA tour event at Key Biscayne, Florida on Thursday.

Sania and Ivanovic handed over an easy 5-7 0-6 victory to eighth seed pair of Shinobu Asagoe of Japan and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, who reached the semifinals of the Tier I tournament at Cradon Park.

Earlier, Sania faltered in the singles opening round against Anna Tatishvilli of Georgia at the elite event.