Photographs: Jumana El-Heloueh/Reuters
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Jie Zheng cruised into the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at Flushing Meadows.
Displaying a new-found confidence, the Hyderabadi and Zheng beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Kveta Peschke 6-2, 6-3.
Indians at US Open: Sania Mirza, Paes reach quarters; Bopanna out
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Last year finalists Leander Paes and Czeck Radek Stepanek also comfortably booked a spot in the quarter-finals with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win over France's Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.
Indians at US Open: Sania Mirza, Paes reach quarters; Bopanna out
The Indo-French pairing of Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin bowed out of the Open, losing to Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray 4-6, 4-6.
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