London:
Wimbledon Open 2015 titleholders Sania Mirza and Leander Paes progressed to
further rounds at Wimbledon in London on Monday.
However,
India’s highest ranked men’s doubles player Rohan Bopanna had a mixed day.
While he won his mixed doubles contest, he was ousted from men’s doubles
competition, partnering Romanian Florin Mergea.
Sixteenth
seeds Paes and Hingis had a comfortable 6-4, 6-4 victory over New
Zealand-German pairing of Artem Sitak and Laura Siegemund on number one Court
to advance to the mixed doubles third round where they will take on a yet to be
decided opponent.
Mirza-Hingis
dominated the match from start to finish and were never troubled at any point
in the match. The top seeds hit three winners and converted five of the 10
break points on offer to outclass their third round Wimbledon opponents.
Later
in the day, mixed doubles 13th seeds Bopanna and Australian Anastasia Rodionova
also progressed to the third round with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Filipino-Polish
combine of Treat Huey and Alicja Rosolska on Court 12.The Indo-Australian pair
will next take on Colombian combination of Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Mariana
Duque-Marino for a place in the quarter-finals.
The
only disappointment on Monday with regards to Indian tennis was Bopanna’s loss
in men’s doubles third round with Mergea. Finnish-Australian 10th seeds Henri
Kontinen and John Peers had to undergo a marathon match before overcoming
Bopanna-Mergea 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(6), 8-6 on Court 14 and advance to the last
eight stage.
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