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August 16, 2006 : Sania Mirza's campaign at the Rogers Cup came to an end after the Indian and her Polish partner Marta Domachowska crashed out of the doubles competition with a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7 loss to the Italian-American pair of Tathiana Garbin and Meilen Tu.

Sania, who had earlier made a first round exit in the singles competition of the WTA tier I event, and Marta squandered a good start and Tathiana and Meilen were quick to capitalise and seal the match.

The more then two-hour-long match started off well for the Indo-Polish pair, who broke their opponents thrice on way to winning the first set.

The second set, however, proved to be the turning point as Sania and Marta lowered their guard, which allowed Tathiana and Meilen to make a remarkable recovery.

The Indo-Polish pair wasted three break points and their serve also let them down as Tathiana and Meilen broke thrice to take the match into the third set, which was a hard-fought affair.

The two pairs twice exchanged break of serve but Sania and Marta ran out of steam as the fight got tougher and lost the set.