Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova scored a straight sets win to enter the women’s doubles quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open 2017 tennis tournament (Indian Wells) in Miami on Saturday. The Indo-Czech pair needed around 64 minutes to beat Sara Errani of Italy and Alicja Rosolska of Poland 6-2, 6-3. Sania and her partner were stronger with their serve, hitting three aces, while Errani and Rosolska committed three double faults. Read more | Davis Cup: Rubbers to be best-of-three affairs, Rafael Nadal not amusedSania Mirza and Strycova had entered the second round at Indian Wells after defeating German-Latvian duo of Julia Goerges and Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-4. Read more | Andy Murray, world No.1, loses to Vasek Pospisil in Indian Wells tournamentQuerrey and Muller smashed six aces against just two by Paes-Potro to chalk out a win in just over an hour.

Source: Hindustan Times March 12, 2017 10:41 UTC