Leander Paes and Martina Hingis have breezed into the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships. In London today, the duo drubbed Artem Sitak and Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. The seventh seeded Indo-Swiss pair needed only 48 minutes to thrash the Kiwi-Australian team in the third round of the Grass Court Grand Slam tournament. Later today, Sania Mirza will also look to seal a quarterfinal berth in the mixed doubles with her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares. They face Croatian pair of Marin Draganja and Ana Konjuh. Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea have their task cut out as they will fight it out against top seeds Mike and Bon Bryanfor a place in the Men's Doubles semifinals. Meanwhile in the Women's Singles, 4th seeded Russian Maria Sharapova and 20th seeded Garbine Muguruza of Spain have entered the Semi-finals. In the Men's Singles, World Number One Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa in five sets. Djokovic will next take on Marin Cilic of Croatia who overcame Denis Kudla of the United States in four sets.
News On AIR | July 7, 2015 9:43 PM
Wimbledon: Leander Paes-Martina Hingis sail into mixed doubles quarters