May 26, 2016 8:28 AM

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Sania, Bopanna, Paes book second round berths in French Open

India enjoyed an all-win day at the French Open with Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes advancing to the second round with their respective partners.Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis moved into the second round of the women doubles event in French Open defeating Russian pair of Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova 7-6, 6-2 at Paris yesterday. Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea, seeded sixth, were dominating in their 6-2 6-2 win over French team of Stephane Robert and Alexandre Sidorenko.Paes and his Polish teammate Marcin Matkowski, seeded 16th, endured a tough opening round before winning 7-6 (3) 7-6 (8-6) against Belarus' Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan.Earlier, Sania and Martina lost their serve thrice in the match as they battled 12 breakpoints in the contest.They next face the winners of the match between the pairs of Karin Knapp/Mandy Minella and Nao Hibino/Eri Hozumi.

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