Sania, Bopanna advance to third round of French Open
May 27th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 27 (IANS) It turned out to be a good day for Indians in the French Open tennis Friday with both Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advancing to the third round of women’s and men’s doubles.
Seventh-seeded pair of Sania and Elena Vesnina of Russia defeated Kristina Barrois of Germany and Johanna Larsson of Sweden 7-6(4), 6-3. They now await the winner of the match between two Spanish pairs, 11th-seeded Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues, and Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Laura Pous-Tio.
In the men’s doubles, Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, seeded fifth fought back from a set down for a 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 win over Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina and Japan’s Kei Nishikori.
They next play Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
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- Paes-Vesnina, Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles 2nd round - May 31, 2012
- Sania in mixed doubles third round, women's doubles semis (Lead) - Jun 30, 2011
- Indian Wells: Paes-Stepanek reach quarters, to meet Lopez-Nadal - Mar 14, 2012
- Sania-Vesnina in Wimbledon quarterfinals - Jun 29, 2011
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