Sania-Rodionova suffer first round exit at Madrid Open

Madrid: Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova suffered an upset first round exit at the Madrid Open, a premier WTA event, after losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Shuai Zhang here. [caption id=“attachment_302134” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Getty Images. File photo”] [/caption] The sixth seed Indo-Australian pair lost 3-6, 2-6 to the German-Chinese combination in the opening round of the euro 3,755,140 claycourt event. Sania was defending 250 points here and for that she needed to reach at least the quarterfinals. Sania and Rodionova lost the match under an hour as they failed to convert five breakpoints and lost their serve six times. PTI