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Australian Open: Paes & Hingis enter quarter-final of Mixed Doubles<br/>

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 today, Serena Williams kept up her pursuit of a record Grand Slam title as she reached the Australian Open Quarter-finals without dropping a set. Ninth seed Johanna Konta blasted into her second Australian Open quarter-final today, setting up a clash with Serena Williams. The other two women singles quarter finalists were Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and Karolina Pliskova. In Men&apos;s singles, ninth seed Rafael Nadal fought back to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils over four sets to reach his first Grand Slam Quarter-final since 2015. He will play Canada&apos;s world number three Milos Raonic next. Other men&apos;s singles quarter-finalists today were Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin. In Men&apos;s Doubles, American duo Bob and Mike Bryan also made it to the quarter-finals.Sania Mirza partnering Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic, lost to Japanese E.Hozumi and M.Kzato in a third round women&apos;s double match. However, in mixed doubles, Sania Mirza and Croatia&apos;s Ivan Dodig will play in the second round. Rohan Bopanna with his team mate will also play mixed doubles&apos; last 16 game.

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