Sania-Vasina advances to 2nd round in women's doubles

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vasina moved into the second round of the women's doubles event at the French Open here on Tuesday with a straight set win over Russian pair of Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.

The seventh seed Indo-Russian duo defeated Dushevina and Makarova 7-6 (2) 6-2 in one hour and 33 minutes at the Roland Garros.

Irrespective of the scoreline, Sania and Vasina had to go through some tough times in the first set as it went into tie-break with the Indo-Russian combination later pocketing it in 55 minutes.
French Open: Sania-Vasina through to 2nd round

Sania-Vasina pair, however, completely dominated the second set and broke the all-Russian pair twice out of five chances to seal the match in their favour.

They will next face the winners of the match between German-Swede pair of Kristina Barrois and Johanna Larsson and American duo of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears.

Sania had also entered the second round of the women's singles, beating Kristina Barrois of Germany 6-3 6-3 on Monday. She will next play 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.