Sania Mirza and her Ukranian partner Yuliana Fedak were knocked out of the USD 170,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Cincinnati, USA, losing the doubles semifinals to top seeded pair of Kveta Peschke and Maria Emilia Salermi in straight sets.

Unseeded Sania and Yuliana lost the tie 5-7, 3-6 on Saturday against Czech Republic's Kveta and Maria of Argentina who set up the final clash with third seeded Laura Granville and Abigail Spears of the US.

The defeat for the Indian came a day after she lost her singles quarterfinal tie of the Tier III event against Akiko Morigami of Japan.

Meanwhile, Morigami continued her fine run in singles, stunning fourth seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-4 to book a final showdown against top seed Patty Schnyder.

Schnyder tamed surprised semifinalist Bethanie Mattek, a qualifier, in the other semifinals 6-4, 6-1.

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