Wimbledon [ Images ] girls' doubles champion Sania Mirza [ Images ] lost in the first round of the Canadian Open Grade I junior event to local girl Stephanie Dubois 6-7 (3/7), 5-7.

On a mixed opening day for the Indian contingent, Sanaa Bhambri and Divij Sharan lost their first round matches while Karan Rastogi [ Images ] and Somdev Varman moved into the second round of the tournament on Monday.

Sharan lost to G D Jones of New Zealand [ Images ] 2-6, 0-6 while Sanaa went down tamely against Belarus's Volha Havartsova 3-6, 0-6.

But the Indian contingent had something to cheer about as Rastogi easily defeated Sun-Yong Kim of Korea 6-4, 6-2 while Varman carved out a hard fought victory against Dylan Arnould of USA 7-5 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4.

In the qualification draw, national under-18 hard court champion Arun P Rajagopalan defeated Canada's [ Images ] Kamil Pajkowski 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 while Tara Iyer bt Agnes Szatmari of Romania 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the girls' section.

Results: Main Draw:

Boys: Divij Sharan (IND) lost to G D Jones (NZL) 2-6, 0-6; Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Sun-Yong Kim (KOR) 6-4, 6-2; Somdev Dev Varman (IND,52) bt Dylan Arnould (USA) 7-5 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4.

Girls: Sania Mirza (IND) lost to Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 6-7 (3/7), 5-7; Sanaa Bhambri (IND) lost to Volha Havartsova (BLR) 3-6, 0-6.

Qualifying round:

Boys: Arun P Rajagopalan (IND) bt Kamil Pajkowski (CAN) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.

Girls: Tara Iyer (IND) bt Agnes Szatmari (ROM) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.