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Mixed start for Sania

Sania Mirza had mixed luck on the opening day of the Nordea Nordic Light Open as she advanced to the second round of the singles competition but made a stunning first-round exit from the doubles event here on Wednesday.

Seeded sixth in singles, Sania beat Frenchwoman Emilie Loit 6-3 6-2 to set up a clash with Czech Iveta Benesova in the USD 145,000 tier IV hard-court event. Her ranking fell to 50th in the latest WTA charts owing to a string poor performances but here she pulled up her socks to outplay her opponent in less than an hour.

However, Sania and her French partner Nathalie Dechy frittered away a good start to crash out of the doubles event. The second seeded Indo-French pair plunged to a 6-1 6-7 (2) 7-10 defeat against unseeded duo of Camille Pin of France and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium in one hour and 27 minutes in the first round.

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