Sania loses in doubles quarter-finals

NEW DELHI,
Aug. 5.
Sania Mirza and her South African partner Liezel Huber crashed out of the doubles competition at the WTA Acura Classic after losing to German Anna-Lena Groenefeld and the USA’s Meghann Shaughnessy in the quarter-finals.
Sania and Liezel, seeded eighth at the event, went down in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 against the fourth seeded German-American pair.
Groenefeld and Shaughnessy will now face top seeds American Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur of Australia for a place in the final of the San Diego hard court tournament.
The victors, who had a bye in the first round and had an easy second round victory, kept up their form to wrap up the first set in convincing fashion.