Cashing in on little mistakes of big players is imperative to tame them but the Indian player missed on those chances in both the sets.
Petrova, world number 11, on the other hand whenever faltered, had a very strong game to bail out herself.
Sania had her first breakpoint -- earned through a beautiful service return winner -- in the third game of the first set but Petrova served well to save the game, which she completed by hitting an ace.
The unseeded Indian did show some improvement in her ground strokes as she hit some stunning double-handed backhand winners but failed to maintain the intensity.
Petrova broke Sania in the fifth and seventh games to create a 5-2 lead and served out the set and match with the help of a couple of aces.
There goes India’s only singles hope Down Under
Sania now will play in women's doubles with American Vania King and in mixed doubles with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
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