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\"SaniaMelbourne: Indian tennis players Rohan Bopanna<\/strong> <\/a>and Sania Mirza<\/strong><\/a> advanced to the second round of Australian Open<\/strong><\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Bopanna and his partner Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay defeated Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the men’s double category.<\/p>\n

Also read: Djokovic, Nadal cruise to Australian Open second round<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sania and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova outplayed UK’s Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith 6-3, 6-1 in the women’s doubles.<\/p>\n

Bopanna and Cuevas will now take on Australians Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley, who defeated Robin Haase and Florian Mayer 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.<\/p>\n

The fourth seed Indo-Czech pair will next play the winners of the first round match between the Australian pair of Kimberly Birrell-Priscilla Hon and the Aussie-China team of Samantha Stosur and Shuai Zhang.<\/p>\n

In the women’s doubles, Sania and Barbora started on a positive note, winning in exactly one hour.<\/p>\n

They did not face a single break point in the first set, winning 38 points to 32 to take the crucial lead.<\/p>\n

In the second set, Rae-Smith broke the service of Sania and Barbora once but it was the latter who dominated after that, winning four out of seven break points.<\/p>\n

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