French Open 2015: Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza off to great starts

Paris: Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna along with their respective partners crossed the opening hurdle of the men’s doubles event with hard-fought victories, even as Sania Mirza posted an easy win in the women’s doubles of the French Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday.

India’s veteran star Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor fought hard before prevailing over Australian combo of James Duckworth and Chris Guccione 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 while Bopanna and Florin Mergea of Romania came from a set down to post a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Serbian combination of Filip Krajinovic and Viktor Troicki.

In contrast, top-seeded Sania and Martina Hingis had a cake walk against Germany’s Julia Goerges and Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic, as they advanced to the second round with a comfortable 6-3, 6-0 win.