Mirza-Hradecka pair move into quarter-finals

Sania Mirza. Pic/AFP

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka eked out a hard-fought win to advance the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships here.

Mirza and Hradecka dispatched Chinese Taipei's Chan Hao-Ching and World No.12 Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands 7-6, 5-7, 11-9 on Tuesday night.

The Indo-Czech pair will now take on Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 tournament.

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