Sania-Soares move into Australian Open Round 3

January 26, 2015 02:45 pm | Updated 02:45 pm IST - Melbourne

Sania Mirza kept India’s mixed doubles hopes alive after the tennis ace combined well with Bruno Soares to make an entry into the third round of the Australian Open, here today.

The top-seeded Indo-Brazilian duo served past Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez 7-5, 6-7 (3) [10-8] in the second round encounter to keep their good work going.

The US-Mexican pair gave a bit of a hard time to the Sania-Soares combine but the experienced pair handled the pressure with ease.

Sania though had bowed out of the women’s doubles event after losing the first round match to Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei.

There were also cheers for India in the junior boys singles section as Sumit Nagal humbled Yosuke Watanuki of Japan 6-2, 6-3 in the second round encounter.

Indian veteran Leander Paes will also be seen in action along with his mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis later in the day.

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