Sania, who was given a wildcard for the tournament, went down 3-6, 4-6.
Indian Wells (California): India's Sania Mirza bowed out of the BNP Paribas Open with a straight set loss to World No 15 Italian Flavia Pennetta in the second round.
Sania, who was given a wildcard for the $4.5 million tournament, went down 3-6, 4-6 against the 12th seed in an hour and 17 minutes on Saturday. The Indian is already out of the doubles competition.
In the men's doubles event, India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy beat unseeded Austrians Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 to advance to the second round.
Fourth seeded Paes and Dlouhy will next meet unseeded Argentine pair of Juan Martin Del Potro and David Nalbandian, who beat Sweden's Simon Aspelin and Britan's Jamie Murray 7-5, 6-4.
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