Sania Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina went down 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 in the second round of the Australian Open here on Sunday, the Indian’s last women’s doubles grand slam competition.

Sania and Danilina, seeded eighth, lost to Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck and Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina in a clash lasting a little over two hours.

The Indian men’s doubles pair of N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan’s run in the competition was also halted by the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the second round.

Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan were handed a 4-6, 4-6 defeat, ending India’s challenge in the men’s doubles event.

A set down and trailing 0-3 in the second, Sania and Danilina fought back as they won three games in a row.

They got a crucial break in the seventh game when Kalinina and Van Van Uytvanck hit a forehand wide, sending the match into the decider.

However, in the third set the Indo-Kazakh were not able to carry forward the winning momentum as they were broken thrice.

Sania is, however, still alive in the mixed doubles draw with veteran Rohan Bopanna. The duo had dispatched locals Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville 7-5, 6-3 in their opening round on Saturday.

A six-time grand slam champion, the 36-year-old Sania had announced that the Australian Open would be her last grand slam and she would retire after the WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships.