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Sania enters the quarter finals in doubles too

March 17, 2008

Sania seems to be getting further and further in her games. Apart from getting into the singles quarters, she has entered the doubles quarters as well. Partnering with Bethanie Mattek, she has entered quarterfinal berth in the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells.

Sania and USA’s Mattek, seeded seventh in the draw, defeated Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus and Russian Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the last eight.

In the USD 3,589,000 men’s Masters Series event being held at the same venue, Leander Paes [and Australian Paul Hanley [, seeded eighth, will take on the Argentine combination of David Nalbandian and Gullermo Canas in the second round.

Sixth seeded Mahesh Bhupathi [ and Mark Knowles of Bahamas will start their campaign against German Christopher Kas and Rogier Wassen of the Netherlands.