Australian Open: Sania Mirza & Anna Danilina ousted after second round defeat

Sania Mirza's last women's doubles Grand Slam campaign ended in a heartbreak in the second round of the Australian Open.

Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina, seeded eighth, lost to Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck and Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 4-6 6-4 2-6 in a clash lasting little over two hours.

The Indian men's doubles pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan's run in the competition was also halted by the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second round.

Mirza is, however, still alive in the mixed doubles draw with veteran Rohan Bopanna.

A six-time Grand Slam champion (three in women's doubles and mixed doubles each), the 36-year-old Mirza had announced that the Australian Open would be her last Grand Slam and she would be retiring after the WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships, slated from February 19.