Sania loses Canadian junior doubles final

Sania Mirza and her partner Anna Tchakvetadze of Russia lost in the girls' doubles final of the ITF Grade 1 junior tennis event in Quebec, Canada.

Sania and Anna went down 1-6, 6-2, 3-6 to Ana Ivanovic of Yugoslavia and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia in the final on Friday.

Earlier, Divij Sharan won the boys doubles title with G D Jones of New Zealand after their third-seeded opponents Andrew Murray of Germany and Daniel Vallverdu of Venezuela conceded the final by walkover.

The Indians in the event, including Somdev Dev Verman, Karan Rastogi, Sanaa Bhambri and Tara Iyer, now proceed to New York to play in the US Open junior championships, which start on Monday.

In the men's $15,000 Futures event in Tunisia, Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and Ajay Ramaswami won the doubles title defeating Bart de Gier of the Netherlands and Thomas Oger of France 6-1, 6-1 in the final.