New York, Aug 30:Indian stars Sania Mirza and Leander Paes made winning starts in their respective doubles events even as another veteran Mahesh Bhupathi bowed out with a first-round loss at the US Open here.
Sania and her Chinese partner cruised into the second round of the women’s doubles event after they easily saw off the challenge of German Annika Beck and Puerto Rican Monica Puig in straight sets, winning 6-2 6-2 on court 16 of the USTA National Tennis Center yesterday.
The 10th seeds will play the Hungarian-American combine of Katalin Marosi and Megan Moulton-Levy.
Sania and Zheng come to Flushing Meadows high on confidence after winning the New Haven title last week. (PTI)
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