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US Open: Paes, Sania out of mixed doubles
Leander Paes and Sania Mirza, along with their respective partners, crashed out of the mixed doubles at the US Open after losing in the quarter-finals, in New York.
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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-Elena could win just 67 points, compared to their rivals' 80, while they also committed 25 unforced errors.
US Open: Paes, Sania out of mixed doubles
Sania and her British partner Colin Fleming went down in straight sets to fourth seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Poland's Marcin Matkowski.
Unseeded Sania-Fleming failed to match their more fancied opponents and bow out in just 69 minutes, losing 3-6, 5-7.
The Indo-British combo wasted as many as seven of eight break-points they got.