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Blake cruises into last eight

Sania shocks Golovin to enter quarterfinals

Golovin is ranked World No. 19
Sania next faces Patty Schnyder

INDIANAPOLIS: Defending champion James Blake cruised into the Indianapolis tennis championships quarterfinals on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Brazilian Ricardo Mello.

Second-seeded Blake executed his strategy to perfection in the second round match, taking just 66 minutes to down Mello and advance.

“I knew I had to be attacking him all the time,” said Blake. “If I sat back on the baseline and let him play his game, it would be tough.”

Blake won 22 of 26 first-serve points to 23 of 41 for Mello, a qualifier.

Cruising along

At Stanford, Sania Mirza maintained her sparkling form to shock world No. 19 Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4, 6-1 and reach the quarterfinals of the Bank of West Classic women’s tennis tournament on Thursday.

The 20-year-old Indian, for whom the US hard courts have become a happy hunting ground, was ecstatic about her first win against Golovin who had a 2-0 head to head record going into the match.

To face Schnyder

Sania, who reached the semifinals at Cincinnati last week, next faces last year’s finalist, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland. The fourth seed downed Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Sania’s partner in doubles, Shahar Peer of Israel, went down to Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-4, 5-7, 2-6.

The results: At Indianapolis (Indianapolis Tennis Championships): Second round: James Blake bt Ricardo Mello 6-4, 6-2; Kei Nishikori bt Michael Berrer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Sam Querrey bt Ivo Karlovic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(6).

At Kitzbuhel (Austrian Open): Third round: Fernando Verdasco bt Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 7-6(6); Andreas Seppi bt Fabio Fognini 7-6(3), 7-5; Nicolas Lapentti bt Alexander Peya 6-4, 6-4; Sergio Roitman bt Juan-Ignacio Chela 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; A ugustin Calleri bt Diego Hartfield 7-5, 6-2; Potito Starace bt Florian Mayer 4-6, 7-6(0), 6-2; Tommy Robredo bt Igor Andreev 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5); Juan Monaco bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-3.

At Umag (Croatian Open): Second round: David Ferrer bt Jose Acasuso 7-5, 6-4; Carlos Moya bt Pere Riba 6-0, 6-3; Filippo Volandri bt Mischa Zverev 7-6(2), 7-5; Andrei Pavel bt Robin Haase 7-5, 6-4.

At Stanford (Stanford Classic): Second round: Anna Chakvetadze bt Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 6-1; Patty Schnyder bt Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 6-2; Sania Mirza bt Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 6-1; Olga Govortsova bt Shahar Peer 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

At Bad Gastein (Gastein Ladies): Second round: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6); Yvonne Meusburger bt Eva Birnerova 6-4, 6-1; Francesca Schiavone bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1;. ̵ 2; Agencies

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