Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lose their first competitive match in women's doubles

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Sania Mirza Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza (R) and Martina Hingis

Stuttgart, April 23 (IANS)

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost their first competitive match as a women's doubles team as they crashed out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here.

First-time pairing of Petra Martic and Stephanie Vogt pulled of a straight set stunner, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday.

Martic and Vogt were playing together for the first time and had one Women's Tennis Association (WTA) doubles title between them.

Before Wednesday's defeat, Sania and Martina won back-to-back-to-back titles at Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston, a run which helped the India become the world's No.1 women's doubles player.