Sorana Sistea and Monica Niculescu lost their first-round doubles matches at the $9,258,080 WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California.

Sorana Kirstea and Croatia’s Donna Vekic were defeated by sixth-seeded Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil) 6-2, 6-4 after one hour and 12 minutes.

Monica Niculescu and Belgium’s Grete Minnen were beaten by Americans Caroline Dolheide / Desiree Krawczyk, 6-3, 5-7, 11-9, after one hour and 47 minutes.

In the super tiebreak, Niculescu and his partner were leading 3-0 and 8-7, but eventually gave up the argument, News.ro reports.

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