Sania Mirza's [ Images ] challenge at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow [ Images ] ended after she bowed out of the doubles event as well on Thursday.

The Indian ace and her Swiss partner Patty Schnyder [ Images ] failed to make the most of opportunities and went down 3-6, 7-5, 7-10 to Cara Black [ Images ] of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States in the quarter-finals.

Black-Huber saved nine of the 12 break points they faced in the one hour 33-minute contest to snatch a semi-final berth.

Sania had lost 3-6, 4-6 to Argentina's Gisela Dulko [ Images ] in the singles first round.

In Vienna [ Images ], second seeds Leander Paes [ Images ] and Martin Damm [ Images ] face the American pair of Mardy Fish [ Images ] and Robby Ginepri in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

The Indo-Czech duo defeated Argentina's Agustin Calleri and Italy's [ Images ] Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 in the first round.