It was a double blow of sorts for Sania Mirza [ Images ] at the French Open [ Images ] on Thursday as she was knocked out of women's doubles following her loss in the singles earlier in the day.

Sania and her Czech partner Eva Birnerova were outclassed 6-1, 6-2 by top seeds Lisa Raymond [ Images ] of the US and Samantha Stosur [ Images ] of Australia [ Images ] in their first round match at Roland Garros [ Images ].

Earlier, Sania went down 6-1, 6-4 to seventh-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic [ Images ] in the second round of the women's singles.

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The world number 50 still has the mixed doubles to look forward, where she will team up with Frenchman Fabrice Santoro [ Images ].

However, there was some good news for Indian fans as Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek eased past the Polish duo of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the men's doubles.