August 4, 2011 5:15 PM

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Mercury Insurance Open tennis: Sania, Elena opt out of contest

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina's campaign in the women's doubles event of the Mercury Insurance Open tennis tournament in the United States has ended. At Carlsbad, the fourth seeded duo decided to opt out of the contest following a right-hand injury to the Russian while playing against Elena Bovina of Russia and Jie Zheng of China. The Indo-Russian pair were trailing 2-5 in the opening set at that stage.Sania is already out of the singles event after losingthe first round match 2-6 3-6 to the world number 36 and 15thseed Sara Errani of Italy.

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