US Open: Sania Mirza and Rajeev Ram pair crashes out in first round

The Indo-American pair Sania Mirza and Rajiv Ram withdrew from the US Open mixed doubles tournament in the first round, losing here to Dayana Yastremskaya from Ukraine and Australian Max Purcell.

The unseeded Mirza and Ram lost 3-6 6-3 7-10 to their opponents in just 61 minutes on Friday night.

Mirza and Ram could convert only one of the three break chances that came their way while the winners converted the only breakpoint they got in the match.

With this defeat, Mirza’s campaign folded at the last Grand Slam of the season as she had already crashed out of the women’s doubles event after losing the first round with American partner Coco Vandeweghe.

India’s Rohan Bopanna is still alive in the competition. Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig are scheduled to play their men’s doubles second round against Hugo Nys from Monaco and Arthur Rinderknech from France.