PTI
New Delhi, Jul 27: Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek of US defeated Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia and Tetiana Luzhanska of Ukraine to enter the doubles second round of the USD 600,000 WTA event at Standford, USA.
Mirza and Mattek registered a facile 6-1 6-3 win over their opponents in the opening round of the Tier II event yesterday.
The Indo-US duo are next up against giant killers Serbian Jelena Jankovic and Shikha Uberoi, the US-based Indian, who overwhelmed top seeds Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3 6-4.
Sania had reached the finals last week's Tier III WTA event at Mason alongside Poland's Marta Domashowska and attained her career best 31st doubles ranking.