<p>Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first-round defeat at the WTA Dubai Duty-Free Championships, losing the contest in straight sets along with American partner Madison Keys here Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sania and Keys lost 4-6 0-6 to the formidable Russian pair of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in exactly one hour.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old Veronika is ranked 11th in singles and number five in doubles while Liudmila is world number 13 in doubles.</p>.<p>The 36-year-old Sania, who turned Pro in 2003, walks out of competitive tennis with six Grand Slam titles, including three women's doubles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.</p>.<p>She won two of her three mixed doubles with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi (2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open). She won the US Open trophy with Bruno Soares.</p>.<p>The breaks were traded at a swift pace in the opening set which was locked at 4-4. From there, Kudermetova and Samsonova broke the pair of Sania and Keys one more time for a 5-4 lead, placing themselves in a position from where they could serve out the set.</p>.<p>They did that quite comfortably, losing one point in the 10th game.</p>.<p>Sania and her partner were broken in the very first game of the second set and it was one-way traffic after that as they were bageled.</p>
<p>Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first-round defeat at the WTA Dubai Duty-Free Championships, losing the contest in straight sets along with American partner Madison Keys here Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sania and Keys lost 4-6 0-6 to the formidable Russian pair of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in exactly one hour.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old Veronika is ranked 11th in singles and number five in doubles while Liudmila is world number 13 in doubles.</p>.<p>The 36-year-old Sania, who turned Pro in 2003, walks out of competitive tennis with six Grand Slam titles, including three women's doubles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.</p>.<p>She won two of her three mixed doubles with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi (2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open). She won the US Open trophy with Bruno Soares.</p>.<p>The breaks were traded at a swift pace in the opening set which was locked at 4-4. From there, Kudermetova and Samsonova broke the pair of Sania and Keys one more time for a 5-4 lead, placing themselves in a position from where they could serve out the set.</p>.<p>They did that quite comfortably, losing one point in the 10th game.</p>.<p>Sania and her partner were broken in the very first game of the second set and it was one-way traffic after that as they were bageled.</p>