Doha: Sania Mirza's first tournament in more than a year ended with a semifinal defeat as she was ousted from the Qatar Total Open along with her partner Andreja Klepac, here on Thursday.
Sania and her Slovenian partner lost 5-7, 6-2, 5-10 to America's Nicole Melichar and Dutch player Demi Schuurs in one hour and 28 minutes.
It was the first tournament for the Indian since last February.
Sania and Klepac split $10,000 and earned 185 ranking points each. Since Sania was not defending much points, it will help her improve her ranking.
Sania will break back into top-200 and is expected to climb to the 177th spot from the current 254.
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