Sania moves into pre-quarterfinals

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her rampaging run, advancing to the pre-quarterfinals of both the women’s doubles and mixed doubles on an all-win day for the country’s players at the Australian Open on Saturday.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-01-23 14:39 GMT
Sania Mirza

Melbourne

In women’s doubles, top-seeded Sania and Martina Hingis sailed past the Ukrainian duo of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok 6-2 6-3 to enter the pre-quarters. In the mixed event, Sania and Croat Ivan Dodig, also seeded top, got the better of Australians Ajla Tomljanovic and Nick Kyrgios 7-5 6-1. 

Sania and Martina will next face the Russian-Italian combo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Roberta Vinci. In the mixed draw, Sania and Dodig will square off against Yaroslava Shvedova and AisamUl-Haq Qureshi.

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