Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza ease into round 2
The duo hardly broke sweat in the 70-minute win against the unseeded Colombian-Brazilian pair.
Melbourne: Indian tennis stars enjoyed comfortable wins in the Australian Open on Thursday as Sania Mirza eased into the second round with partner Martina Hingis while Rohan Bopanna also registered a straight-sets win in the men’s doubles first round.
Sania’s rampaging run with her Swiss partner extended to 31 matches as they brushed aside Mariana Duque-Marino and Teliana Pereira 6-2, 6-3 in the women’s doubles opening round. The duo hardly broke sweat in the 70-minute win against the unseeded Colombian-Brazilian pair.
Sania and Hingis, who are slated to face twin sisters from Ukraine — Nadiia and Lyudmyla Kichenok — in the next round, are also sitting pretty at the top of the women’s doubles rankings.
Bopanna, who took the court soon after, combined well with Florin Mergea to outplay locals Omar Jasika and Nick Kyrgios 7-5 6-3. The fourth seeds play Lukas Dlouhy and Jiri Vesely in the second round.