Top seeded Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will take on Japanese duo Nao Hibino and Eri Hozumi in the second round of Women's doubles in French open today. In Men's doubles Leander Paes and his polish counterpart Marcin Matkowski will face Australian Julian Knowle and German Florian Mayer in the second round at Roland Garros today. Earlier, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza cruised into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals with their respective partners yesterday. Paes and his Swiss Partner Martina Hingis beat German Colombian pair of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 6-4 6-4 in the opening round. Second seeded Sania and Ivan Dodig of Croatia eased past French duo of Mathilde Johansson and Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-3 in their opener later yesterday. Meanwhile, Spain's Rafael Nadal became the eighth man in history to win 200 matches at Grand Slam tournaments with his second-round victory over Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the French Open yesterday. World's number one Tennis star Novak Djokovic touched another milestone of winning 50th match at the clay-court tournament. He became the seventh man to reach the milestone by defeating Steve Darcis of Belgium 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 yesterday.
News On AIR | May 27, 2016 7:09 AM
French Open: Top seeded Sania-Hingis to play for second round of Women's doubles