Sania Mirza has crashed out of the Tashkent Open tennis tournament. At Tashkent today, she lost to Russian Ekaterina Bychkova in the first round. The 125th ranked Indian went down in three sets 1-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the Russian who is ranked 175 in the world. Sania raced to a 5-2 lead in the decider but Bychkova clawed back breaking her in the eight, 10th and the 12th games. Sania had two match points in the 11th game, but Bychkova hit an ace to get back into the match. Sania, who is partnering Marai Elena Camerin of Italy, will start her doubles campaign in the tournament tomorrow.