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Sania Mirza and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic nipped a late challenge by Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues to move into the second round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam mixed doubles event.
Sania and Vizner defeated the Spanish duo 6-2, 7-5 in the first round to set up a clash with Czech Republic’s Leos Friedl and Liezl Huber of South Africa.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Samantha Stosur, who had a bye in the first round, were level with Australian Paul Hanley and Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 4-6, 6-3, 9-9 in the second round tie when play was suspended due to bad light.
The match will be continued on Monday.
Mahesh Bhupathi and China’s Zi Yan, seeded 11th, also had a first round bye. They will be up against Americans Bob Bryan and Venus Williams in the second round.
