Sania Mirza defeated Bardina of Russia in straight sets to enter the quarter-final of the $25,000 ITF women’s tournament being played at Lagos in Nigeria.Down 3-4 in the first set, Sania fought back with vigour to win nine games in a row to storm into the last eight with a 6-4, 6-0 verdict.She will now play her doubles partner Shelly Stevens of New Zealand in the quarterfinals.In the doubles pre-quarters held late last night, Sania paired with Shelly to script a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory over Daputi Sernande of Brazil and Sivoz Keterzyna of Poland.The Indo-Kiwi pair took control of the game from the start and worked in tandem to outplay Sarnade and Keterzyna without much of an effort.
