In Australia Open Tennis, Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis today sailed into the quarterfinals of the Mixed Doubles. The Indo-Swiss pair defeated Australian duo of Casey Dellacqua and Matt Reid 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 16 clash in Melbourne. In other matches, Ninth seed Johanna Konta blasted into her second Australian Open quarter-final today, setting up a clash with Serena Williams. The ninth seed British crushed Russian 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-4. In Men's Doubles, American duo Bob and Mike Bryan outclassed unseeded pair of Brian Baker from the US and Nikola Mektic from Croatia 6-3, 7-6 to reach quarter-finals.Sania Mirza partnering Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic, lost to Japanese E.Hozumi and M.Kzato 3-6, 6-2, 2-6 in a third round women's double match. However, in mixed doubles, Sania Mirza and Croatia's Ivan Dodig are to play in the second round. Rohan Bopanna with his team mate will also play mixed doubles last 16 game later in the tournament.
News On AIR | January 23, 2017 6:26 PM
Australian Open: Paes & Hingis enter quarter-final of Mixed Doubles