<p>Sania Mirza's last women's doubles Grand Slam match ended in defeat as she went down 4-6 6-4 2-6 in the second round of the Australian Open on Sunday.</p>.<p>Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina, seeded eighth, lost to Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck and Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina in a clash lasting little over two hours.</p>.<p>The Indian men's doubles pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan's run in the competition was also halted by the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second round.</p>.<p>Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan, who came into the tournament as an alternate team, were handed a 4-6 4-6 defeat, ending India's challenge in the men's doubles event.</p>.<p>A set down and trailing 0-3 in the second, Mirza and Danilina fought back as they won three games in a row.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/world-number-one-iga-swiatek-knocked-out-of-australian-open-1183435.html" target="_blank">World number one Iga Swiatek knocked out of Australian Open</a></strong></p>.<p>They got a crucial break in the seventh game when Kalinina and Van Van Uytvanck hit a forehand wide, sending the match into the decider.</p>.<p>However, in the third set the Indo-Kazakh were not able to carry forward the winning momentum as they were broken thrice.</p>.<p>Mirza is, however, still alive in the mixed doubles draw with veteran Rohan Bopanna. The duo had dispatched locals Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville 7-5 6-3 in their opening round on Saturday.</p>.<p>A six-time Grand Slam champion (three in women's doubles and mixed doubles each), the 36-year-old Mirza had announced that the Australian Open would be her last Grand Slam and she would be retiring after the WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships, slated from February 19.</p>
<p>Sania Mirza's last women's doubles Grand Slam match ended in defeat as she went down 4-6 6-4 2-6 in the second round of the Australian Open on Sunday.</p>.<p>Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina, seeded eighth, lost to Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck and Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina in a clash lasting little over two hours.</p>.<p>The Indian men's doubles pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan's run in the competition was also halted by the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second round.</p>.<p>Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan, who came into the tournament as an alternate team, were handed a 4-6 4-6 defeat, ending India's challenge in the men's doubles event.</p>.<p>A set down and trailing 0-3 in the second, Mirza and Danilina fought back as they won three games in a row.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/world-number-one-iga-swiatek-knocked-out-of-australian-open-1183435.html" target="_blank">World number one Iga Swiatek knocked out of Australian Open</a></strong></p>.<p>They got a crucial break in the seventh game when Kalinina and Van Van Uytvanck hit a forehand wide, sending the match into the decider.</p>.<p>However, in the third set the Indo-Kazakh were not able to carry forward the winning momentum as they were broken thrice.</p>.<p>Mirza is, however, still alive in the mixed doubles draw with veteran Rohan Bopanna. The duo had dispatched locals Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville 7-5 6-3 in their opening round on Saturday.</p>.<p>A six-time Grand Slam champion (three in women's doubles and mixed doubles each), the 36-year-old Mirza had announced that the Australian Open would be her last Grand Slam and she would be retiring after the WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships, slated from February 19.</p>