Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vasina moved into the second round of the women's doubles event at the French Open on Tuesday with a straight set win over Russian pair of Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova. The seventh seed Indo-Russian duo defeated Dushevina and Makarova 7-6 (2) 6-2 in one and 33 minutes at the Roland Garros. Irrespective of the scoreline,Sania and Vasina had to go through some tough times in the first set as it went into a tie-break with the Indo-Russian combination later pocketing it in 55 minutes. Sania-Vasina pair,however,completely dominated the second set and broke the all-Russian pair twice out of five chances to seal the match in their favour. They will next face the winners of the match between German-Swede pair of Kristina Barrois and Johanna Larsson and American duo of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. Sania had also entered the second round of the women's singles,beating Kristina Barrois of Germany 6-3 6-3 yesterday. She will next play 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
