Indian number one and 32nd seeded Sania Mirza fizzled out in the second round on Thursday when she was beaten 6-0, 4-6, 9-7 by Maria Martinez Sanchez.

Sania was expected to beat the Spaniard who has never won a match at the grass-court Grand Slam until this week. She was not able to overcome a storming start made by Martinez Sanchez, who won the first set for 6-0.

Sania got her act together in the second set when she played some nice lobe shots to Sanchez attacking net game.

Sania made a good start in the final set as she went up 4-2 by breaking Sanchez in the second and sixth games. There was little to separate the duo in the decider. They went neck to neck until Martinez Sanchez pounced in the 15th game to earn the decisive break.

Holding her nerve, the 25-year-old Spaniard served out for victory to earn a third round date with the defending champion Venus Williams.

The defeat ended Mirza's hope of reaching the third round here for the first time.