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Sania enters doubles quarters, Bhupathi exits
India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated the Spanish pair of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1 6-4 to qualify for the women's doubles quarterfinals of the French Open tennis on Sunday.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: May 29, 2011 10:09 PM IST
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India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated the Spanish pair of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1 6-4 to qualify for the women's doubles quarterfinals of the French Open tennis on Sunday.
The Indo-Russian duo will now face top seeds Gisela Dulko of Brazil and Italian Flavia Pennetta, who defeated the Italian pair of Sarra Errani and Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-2 in their third round match.
Another Indian, Mahesh Bhupathi, however, bowed out of the mixed doubles event when he and his Chinese partner Jie Zheng lost 6-4 3-6 7-10 to Australian Rennae Stubbs and Brazilian Marcelo Melo in the second round.
Earlier, Bhupathi and Leander Paes crashed out of the men's doubles in the second round.
Topics mentioned in this article
Elena Vesnina Mahesh Bhupathi Andy Murray Juan Martin del Potro Sania Mirza Novak Djokovic Venus Williams Tennis French Open 2011
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