Sania loses her way into main draw

Sania will now play wild card Eleni Daniilidou, currently ranked 58th in the world. A win over the Grecian would pit the 18-year-old Indian against second seed Venus Williams who has a bye in the first round.

Interestingly, a win over Peer could have set up a repeat clash with German Anna-Lena Groenefeld whom Sania defeated in the first round at Cincinnati. Groenefeld now will tackle Peer in the top half of the draw.

However, there was no such luck for the Uberoi sisters, Shikha and Neha, as both went down in the final round of the qualifiers.

Shikha went down to Marissa Irvin of the US 6-2, 6-4 while Neha, who represents her adopted country, the USA, lost to Alina Jidkova of Russia 6-4, 6-4.

The trio had scored tough wins in the earlier rounds, with both Sania and Shikha knocking out a top-100 player each.