The Indian challenge in the doubles event at the WTA Hyderabad Open came to an end on Thursday when the pair of Sania Mirza [Images] and Shikha Uberoi crashed out in the quarter-finals.

The Chinese pair of Zi Yan and Jie Zheng prevailed over the Indians, winning 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the semi-finals.

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They will take on Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Tatiana Panova of Russia [Images], who had little trouble in making the grade, as their opponents Martina Navratilova and Ana Lena Groenefeld conceded the match following a knee injury to the latter.

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