New York: They are not playing together, but Leander Paes and Sania Mirza tasted defeat on the same day at the US Open, losing, along with their respective partners, their mixed doubles matches in the quarterfinals here.
The third-seeded Indo-Russian pair of Paes and Elena Vesnina was stunned by the seventh-seeded Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 6-7 (2), 5-7 in a battle that lasted an hour and 43 minutes.
Paes and Elena could win just 67 points as compared to their rivals’ 80, while they also committed 25 unforced errors.
Sania, along with her British partner Colin Fleming, also went down in straight sets to fourth seeds Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Poland’s Marcin Matkowski.
Unseeded Sania and Fleming failed to match their more fancied opponents in the match to bow out in just 69 minutes, losing 3-6, 5-7.
The Indo-British combo wasted seven out of the eight break points they got, to go down tamely in the last Slam of the year. (PTI)
