Sania-Chuang fall in semis

Sania Mirza [ Images ] bowed out of the Aegon Classic when she and her Chinese Taipei partner Chuang Chia-Jung lost in straight sets in the semi-finals in Birmingham on Saturday night.

The third-seeded Indo-Taipei pair lost 5-7, 3-6 to the top seeded Zimbabwean-American pair of Cara Black [ Images ] and Liezel Huber.

Sania had earlier crashed out of the singles competition after losing to 13th seeded Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova in the semi-finals.