Sania Mirza Out!

Sania Mirza still cannot find a way to overcome her friend and former junior doubles partner Anna Chakvetadze, who ousted the 26th-seeded India star from the US Open in straight sets Saturday.

Russian world number six Chakvetadze downed Mirza 6-2, 6-3 in a third-round showdown of 20-year-old rising stars at the year's final Grand Slam tournament, improving her career and season mastery over Mirza to 4-0.

Chakvetadze ousted Sania Mirza in a Hobart semi-final in January and defeated her again in July at a Cincinnati semi-final and the final at Stanford. The Russian won the title in each of those tournaments.

Chakvetadze hit a forehand winner to break Mirza's first service game of the match and broke again in the last game of the set when Mirza hit a forehand long after having denied the Russian on two prior set points.

Mirza fell behind 5-1 in the second set before rallying, breaking when Chakvetadze sent a backhand wide and denying the sixth seed on a match point when the Russian sent a forehand wide.

Chakvetadze held serve to end the match after 53 minutes on a forehand winner, advancing to a round of 16 match against either Swiss 11th seed Patty Schnyder of Austria's Tamira Paszek.

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