Sania, Paes face off in mixed doubles

Sania Mirza and Croat Ivan Dodig, seeded top, sailed past the unseeded Kazakh-Pakistani duo of Yaroslava Shvedova and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-5 6-2 on Tuesday while Paes and Sania’s women’s doubles partner Martina Hingis hammered the American-Dutch pair of Sloane Stephens and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-1 6-2. 

Martina Hingis and Leander Paes won 89% of the points on their first serve in the first set and 67% on their second serve. They converted all three break point opportunities that came their way to eventually seal the set 6-1. 

The second set was no different as the pair seemed in no mood to relent, as they won 67% of their first serve points and 44% of their second serve points and despite serving more number of unforced errors in the second set (4) to 1 of their opponents, romped home to a 6-2 set win to book their place in the quarterfinals.

MIXED DOUBLES 

Australian Open - Titles 3; Final 3

French Open - Titles 0; Final 1

Wimbledon - Titles 4; Final 2

US Open - Titles 2; Final 3