Australian Open: Sania Mirza advances into 3rd round in women’s doubles

Indian tennis players in the season-opening Australian Open with Sania Mirza sailing into the third round of the women’s doubles.

Fourth seeds Sania and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova eased past the Australian-Chinese pair of Samantha Stosur and Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-4 in one hour 21 minutes in a second round duel