In Tennis, Sania Mirza and her Czech team-mate Barbora Strycova have crashed out of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, at Melbourne. In the Women's Doubles third round match this morning, the fourth-placed Indo-Czech pair lost to the unseeded Japanese team of Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato, 3-6, 6-2, 2-6.In Mixed Doubles, Leander Paes and Martina Hingis progressed to the second round after beating the Aussie duo of Marc Polmans and Destanee Aiava, 6-4, 6-3. Sania and Rohan Bopanna, with their partners, have already made it to the Mixed Doubles second round.In the Singles, 8th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia bowed out, while Venus Williams advanced to the quarter-finals. World number one Andy Murray is currently playing his pre-quarterfinal against German Mischa Zverev, while Roger Federer will be seen in action against Kei Nishikori for a last-8 berth later today.
News On AIR | January 22, 2017 12:40 PM
Australian Open:?Sania Mirza & Strycova crash out