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Sania Mirza, who is making waves through her singles performances, has launched her doubles campaign on a winning note as well, advancing to the pre-quarter finals of the 600,000 East West Bank Classic women8217;s tennis tournament here.
Sania and her American partner Bethanie Mattek beat the Slovakian-Dutch pair of Janette Husarova and Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in the first round of the WTA Tier II hard court tournament yesterday.
The Indo-US duo next faces the second seeded pair of Czech Kveta Peschke and Australian Rennae Stubbs.
Sania, who beat former number one and currently ranked 12th Swiss player Martina Hingis in her singles second round match, will next meet French Virginie Razzano in pre-quarter finals. Razzano beat 10th seed Shahar Peer of Israel 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 6.
If Sania manages a win against Razzano, her possible opponent in the last-eight stage would be fourth seed Russian Nadia Petrova.
