Sania vs Paes in Australian Open mixed doubles QFs

Mirza also progressed to the mixed doubles’ quarter-finals along with Ivan Dodig, beating Pakistan’s Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 6-2 in the second round.

The top seeds took an hour and 37 minutes to record their 34th consecutive win.

They made up for that blip by committing fewer unforced errors (16 to 25) and won 83 points, 23 more than their challengers.

Victor of the match between Karolina Pliskova-Julia Goerges and Vania King-AllaKudryavtseva will play against the number one seeds in the next round.

The Indo-Croatian pair claimed the first set, resisting some stiff contest, in 38 minutes.

On the other hand, Paes and Sania’s womens doubles partner Martina Hingis clinched a comfortable win against the American-Dutch pair of Sloane Stephens and Jean-Julien Rojer, defeating them 6-1, 6-2. The Indo-Swiss pairing were tested in the second set by their opponents.

Among other Indians, in the junior girls’ singles category, 10th seed Y. Pranjala saw off Mira Antonitsch of Austria 7-6(5), 6-3, while Karman Kaur Thandi defeated Hungary’s Panna Udvardy 6-4, 6-2 in another match.