India's Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis have entered the Mixed Doubles quarterfinals of the French Open Tennis championships.The unseeded pair defeated fourth seeds Yaroslav Shvedova and Florin Mergea 2-6, 7-5, 10-6 in a rain-hit second round contest at Paris on Saturday.In Men's Doubles, Leander Paes with his Polish counterpart Marcin Matkowski will take on Briton Jamie Murray and Brazilian Bruno Soares in the third round at Roland Garros on Sunday.Sixth seeds Bopanna and Florian Mergea will also face American Brian Baker and New Zealand's Marcus Daniell.In Women's Doubles, top seeds Sania Mirza and her swiss counterpart Martina Hingis will take on Czech Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the third round on Sunday.Meanwhile, in Men's Singles, top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to fourth round yesterday but Jo-Wilfred Tsonga pulled out of the tournament with a thigh injury.In Women's Singles, Serena Williams and Venus Williams also won their respective matches and advanced into next rounds.
News On AIR | May 29, 2016 9:44 AM
French Open: Paes-Martina advance to mixed doubles quarters<br/>