Sony Ericsson Open - Sania fails in qualifying bid

India’s Sania Mirza failed to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, going down in the final round of qualification on Tuesday.

After beating 95th ranked American Irina Falconi on Monday, Sania went down 6-2, 6-4 to American teenager Sloane Stephens, who is ranked 90th in the world. Stephens was celebrating her birthday on Tuesday.

Others advancing with Stephens into the main draw included Americans Madison Keys, Jamie Hampton, former top 0 player Alize Cornet and Urszula Radwanska, sister of world no. 4 Agnieszka, on the women’s side; and Sergei Bubka, Arnaud Clement and Rajeev Ram on the men’s side.

Men’s Qualifying Singles – Second RoundE Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d J Ward (GBR) 63 63A Veic (CRO) d T Kamke (GER) 64 62G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d B Reynolds (USA) 76(1) 64R Ram (USA) d M Bachinger (GER) 62 64D Goffin (BEL) d B Paire (FRA) 62 62R Bautista-Agut (ESP) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 57 64 75S Bolelli (ITA) d F Serra (FRA) 76(2) 75B Phau (GER) d M Russell (USA) 36 61 62A Clement (FRA) d P Capdeville (CHI) 75 61G Rufin (FRA) d F Bagnis (ARG) 60 61F Dancevic (CAN) d Y Sugita (JPN) 46 63 61[WC] S Bubka (UKR) d [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) 63 31 Retired

Women’s Qualifying Singles – Second RoundK Bondarenko (UKR) d M Lucic (CRO) 46 62 64A Cornet (FRA) d S Hsieh (TPE) 63 57 64V Dushevina (RUS) d Y Chan (TPE) 63 63V Savinykh (RUS) d V Lepchenko (USA) 63 62U Radwanska (POL) d A Hlavackova (CZE) 46 75 61S Foretz Gacon (FRA) d A Rezai (FRA) 64 63S Stephens (USA) d S Mirza (IND) 62 64J Hampton (USA) d M Minella (LUX) 63 62M Doi (JPN) d A Rus (NED) 76(4) 62[WC] M Keys (USA) d A Rodionova (AUS) 26 61 64E Birnerova (CZE) d [WC] A Pivovarova (RUS) 64 63M Czink (HUN) d L Robson (GBR) 76(4) 62

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