New Delhi: Sania Mirza was shown the doors by little known Russian Vasilisa Bardina in straight sets in the first round of the US$ 600,000 WTA event at Stanford, United States.
Sania crashed out of the Tier II hard court event 6-3, 6-2.
The 42-ranked Sania, who made it into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open last week, missed the desired consistency required once again and went down to Bardina.
She lost the first set without much of a fight and was swept aside in the second.
Bardina will play Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the second round, who qualified after she received a bye in the first round.
Sania is partnering American Bethanie Mattek in doubles and will meet the Russian-Ukrainian pair of Alla Kudryavtseva and Tetiana Luzhanska in the first round.
US-based Shikha Oberoi and Yelena Jankovic beat top seed pair of Slovak Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-4 to sail into the second round of the doubles event.
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