Sania, Bhupathi lose doubles matches

It was a disappointing day for India at Wimbledon as Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's doubles and Mahesh Bhupathi exited the mixed doubles event after second round defeats.

Already out of contention in the singles event, Sania and her Dane partner Caroline Wozniacki lost 6-7(0), 3-6 to the 11th seeded Zimbabwean-Slovak pairing of Cara Black and Daniela Hantuchova.

There was more disappointment for India as Bhupathi and his American partner Liezel Huber went down 2-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Russians Dmitry Tursunov and Vera Dushevina in the mixed doubles.

It was a stunning result as the third-seeded Bhupathi and Huber were expected to have it easy against their unseeded opponents.

Bhupathi, however, remains in contention in the men's doubles, having advanced to the third round with Max Mirnyi of Belarus.

The fourth seeds play Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania in their next match.

As is the tradition at the All England Club, Sunday is a rest day and the tournament resumes on Monday.