Leander Paes, Sania Mirza Win US Open Openers
While men's doubles defending champions Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek beat Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini, Sania and Cara Black eased past Czech twin sisters Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova in the first round.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: August 28, 2014 08:57 AM IST
Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Sania Mirza won their respective doubles matches to advance to the second round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here Wednesday.
Men's doubles defending champions Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic needed an hour and 32 minutes to come out on top against Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.
The sixth seeds won the first round 7-6(5), 6-2 and will take on Yen-Hsun Lu (Chinese Taipei) and Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) in the second.
Earlier, women's doubles third seeds Sania and Cara Black of Zimbabwe had a rather easy opener to win 6-3, 6-0 in only 57 minutes against Czech twin sisters Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova.
In mixed doubles, Sania with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares defeated local pair Tornado Alicia Black and Ernesto Escobedo 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 to advance to second round.