Sania enters the Quarters

Sania Mirza seems to have gotten over her jinx of losing in the second round. She beat her former doubles partner Shahar Peer to enter the quarter finals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. She will now meet Daniela Hanutchova of Slovakia in the Quarterfinals.

The match went into 3 sets with Sania losing the first set and then winning the other 2 comfortably. The final score read 6-7, 7-5, 6-3.

Sania is at present ranked no 32 in the world and was seeded at 21st in this tournament.

Sania in 2nd round

Sania and her doubles partner have advanced into the second round with a victory over their opponents. She has also been en given a bye into the second round. Given round the 2nd round wonder that Sania is, the question is will Sania go beyond the second round and win another title or just win off controversies :p

Here is what Rediff had to say about this win

Sania Mirza and American partner Bethanie Mattek sailed past Poland’s Klaudia Jans and Gabriela Navratilova of Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the second round of the USD 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open.

The seventh seeded Indo-American duo won 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Tier I hardcourt event at Indian Wells, California, on Wednesday night.

Sania has been seeded 21 received a bye into the second round.

She next faces Ukranian Olga Savchuk, who rallied to beat Russian Yaroslava Shvedova 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in her first round match.

http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/mar/13sania.htm