India’s Sania Mirza bows out of tennis after shock loss in Dubai

Sania Mirza reached the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open last month [File: AP Photo/Aaron Favila]

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has retired from the game after a surprising first-round exit in her women’s doubles match at the Dubai Open.

Mirza and her doubles partner Madison Keys of the US lost to the Russa’s Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) on Tuesday.