Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis into Australian Open quarterfinals

Indian stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s and mixed doubles events respectively after notching up contrasting victories with their partners at the Australian Open on Monday.

On a record winning streak, Sania and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to rule the roost as they brushed aside Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova and Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-1 6-3 in a contest that lasted an hour and 21 minutes.