Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna progressed into the doubles quarterfinals of the China Open in the women’s and men’s Tour events in Beijing on Tuesday.
While Sania, along with Peng Shuai of China, got past Elise Mertens of Belgium and Demi Schuups of the Netherlands, Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay sailed past the Chinese duo of Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang for the loss of four games.
The results: $7,027,063 China Open, WTA, Beijing: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Peng Shuai (Chn) & Sania Mirza bt Elise Mertens (Bel) & Demi Schuups (Ned) 7-5, 6-2.
$4,089,265 China Open, Beijing: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Rohan Bopanna bt Mao-Xin Gong & Ze Zhang (Chn) 6-0, 6-4.
$125,000 Challenger, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei: Singles: First round: Marius Copil (Rou) bt Sumit Nagal 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles: Frist round: James Cerretani (US) & Marc Polmans (Aus) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 6-4.
$100,000 Challenger, Stockton, US: Doubles: First round: Hans Hack Verougo (Mex) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA) & Andreas Siljestrom (Swe) 6-4, 1-6, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF, Nonthaburi: Singles: First round: Sidharth Rawat bt Min-Kyu Song (Kor) 6-3, 6-1; Martins Podzus (Lat) bt Karunuday Singh 6-4, 7-5; Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Patcharapol Kawin (Tha) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Colombo: Singles: First round: Dhruthi Venugopal bt Li Jiakang (Chn) 6-3, 6-1; Jennifer Luikham bt Wang Dan Ni (Chn) 6-4, 6-2.