The Indian pair was beaten by Zi Yan and Jie Zheng in the quarter-finals at the Hyderabad Open.
21-year-old Shikha Uberoi said she was "fired up" watching Sania Mirza make history at the Australian Open last month.
They went down to top seeds Australia 2-1 in the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania zonal final in Korea.
Prakash Amritraj lost to Mardy Fish at the ATP event in Las Vegas while Uberoi lost to Maria Vento-Kabchi in Doha
won her first round match in the girl's competition by thrashing her Slovakian opponent Ana Jerman 6-2,6-4.
The Indian lass was hampered by a thumb injury and lost to Shikha Uberoi of the US in the ITF women's tournament in Harrisonburg.
The second seeds were beaten by the Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the Pilot Pen tournament.
It has sought the ITF's approval to field the US-born Indian.
Third seed Chin Bee Khoo went down to unseeded Wilawan Choptang, while eighth seed Sonal Phadke was beaten by Jie Hao of China in the ITF Women's Tennis tournament.
Jie Zheng beat Rushmi Chakravarthi 6-3, 6-0 and Na Li tamed Shikha Uberoi 6-1, 6-2 to give China a 2-0 lead.
India blanked Singapore, primarily junior players, 3-0 in the Asia Oceania zone group 1 tie.
Armed with pricey degrees from colleges overseas, young Indians are heading back home in search for greener pastures.
Uttam Prakash Agarwal alleged that Citax and Braich offers were incomplete and did not include firm commitment as to the price, size, timings, confirmation from the banks about availability of the funds.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
It all began at the WTA event in Mumbai and a phenomenal Fed Cup, where she remained unbeaten in singles and also beat a top-50 player. The performance brought about a change in perception about her.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
South leads; North-East at bottom but moves ahead, finds out the IndiaSpend Team
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