Mirza in Paribas Open quarters, Paes crashes out

Indian Wells (US) March 12 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova scored a straight sets win to enter the women s doubles quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open 2017 tennis tournament here on Saturday.

The Indo-Czech pair needed around 64 minutes to beat Sara Errani of Italy and Alicja Rosolska of Poland 6-2 6-3.

Sania and her partner were stronger with their serve hitting three aces while Errani and Rosolska committed three double faults.

But Indian fans faced disappointment in the men s doubles as Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Juan Martin del Potro went down 3-6 4-6 to American Sam Querrey and Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.

Querrey and Muller smashed six aces against just two by Paes-Potro to chalk out a win in just over an hour.

--IANS
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