India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost in straight sets to Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the women's doubles final at the French Open on Friday.The seventh-seeded Indo-Russian pair lost 4-6, 3-6 to the unseeded Hlavackova and Hradecka in a match that lasted around 82 minutes at Roland Garros.This victory helped the Czech duo, who became the sixth unseeded team to capture a major in three decades and are the second unseeded French Open finalists in 30 years, to improve their head-to-head record against Sania and Elena to 1-1.
The Indo-Russian were broken in the third and fifth game of the first set and were trailing 5-1. However, Sania and Elena capitalised on few errors committed from the Czechs to bridge the gap to 5-4.In the end, Hradecka kept his cool and held her serve to go one-up.In the second set, Hlavackova and Hradecka broke the seventh seeds twice after exchanging early breaks to pocket the match.
Elena said reaching the slam final was a great experience and hoped to win a Grand Slam title soon."I thank Sania, our team and everyone who supported us. It has been a great week for us and a great experience. I am sure we will have more wins on our way and I am hopeful we will make it someday," said the Russian.
