Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Boapnna, who enjoyed good runs on the Pro circuit last week, bowed out of the second Adelaide ATP and WTA tournaments after first round defeats with their respective partners, on Tuesday.
Sania and Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok, the second seeds, lost 3-6, 3-6 to the Czech pair of Tereza Martincova and Marketa Vondrousova in 61 minutes, in the WTA 250 event.
They reached the semi-finals last week.
In the men's doubles, Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-10 in 69 minutes to Americans Steve Johnson and Austin Krajicek, who served extremely well and handled returns smartly.
Bopanna had won the men's doubles title with compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan last week.
Bopanna made too many errors in the Super tie-break, in which they fell behind 1-6 from where it was extremely tough to make a comeback.
Both Bopanna and Sania will now play in the season's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open.
