Out of Dubai

Sania Mirza and Maria Vento-Kabchi of Venezuela flopped in the doubles second round of the $ 1 million Dubai Duty Free Women’s Open tennis tournament. Sania and her partner Maria bowed out 3-6 2-6 against Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in a rain-interrupted match on Thursday,

Sania Mirza, who has picked up an elbow injury while playing the Bangalore Open, lost her Round 1 singles match earlier to Martina Hingis, who accepted a wild card to play in Dubai.