Sania’s return cut short in Dubai

India’s most decorate woman tennis player Sania Mirza’s return from a calf-injury lay-off was cut short at the ongoing WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at Dubai.

Partnering with France’s Caroline Garcia, the Indo-French pair was defeated by fifth seeds Barbora Krejvcikova from Czech Republic and Saisai Zheng from China in straight sets 4-6, 2-6 at the pre-quarters stage in 62 minutes.

Sania Mirza was crowned champion in Dubai previously with America’s Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the 2013 edition of the tournament.