Sania Mirza’s campaign in the Australian Open ended after she and her Czech partner Renata Voracova crashed out of the women’s doubles event, losing in straight sets to top seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the opening round.

Argentina’s Dulko, who is the World No 1 doubles players and her World No 2 Italian partner Pennetta, outplayed the Indo-Czech duo, winning the contest 6-4, 6-1 in just over 60 minutes.

The 24-year-old Sania, who was beaten by Justine Henin 5-7, 6-3 in the opening round of the women’s singles on Monday, and Voracova fought hard in the first set, but the second turned out to be a dampener as the Indo-Czech pair were outplayed.

Sania, who won the mixed doubles title at the Open with Mahesh Bhupathi  in 2009 — her only Grand Slam triumph — is not taking part in the event this time around.

Sania Mirza will team up with Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain for the Australian Open commencing next month. Sania had a highly successful season this year with her doubles partners Francesca Schiavone and Chia Jung Chuang. The former doubles number one Pascual has to her credit 11 Grand Slams which includes 10 in doubles.

Sania said,”I will be playing with Virginia Ruano Pascual in the Australian Open and if we do well, we’ll continue to play together.”

Sania, who had won the 2009 Australian Open mixed doubles title with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi