Sania Mirza [ Images ] was shown the door in the first round of the Zurich Open on Monday night. The India [ Images ] ace was beaten by Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4.

Sania, who dropped to 30 in the latest WTA singles rankings following a first round exit at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow [ Images ] last week, converted only three of the eight break points she had, while wildcard Krajicek pocketed six of the seven that came her way.

In the second round, the 33rd-ranked Krajicek will meet the winner of the match between ninth seed Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli [ Images ] and qualifier Shuai Peng of China.

In the doubles, Sania, who returned to competitive action only last week following a brief injury lay-off, will partner Patty Schnyder [ Images ] of Switzerland [ Images ]. They will take on Peng and M Tu of the United States.

In other first round matches, Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine recovered to beat Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 while Tatiana Golovin [ Images ] (France [ Images ]) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia [ Images ]) 6-3, 6-4 and Nicole Vaidisova [ Images ] (Czech Republic) beat Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 6-4, 6-2.