18 February,2009 10:41 AM IST | | PTI
Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Mara Santangelo advanced to the doubles pre-quarter-finals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships after getting a walkover from Poland's Urszula Radwanska and Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland in the first round here.
An injury to Radwanska forced the Polish-Swiss pair to give away the match to their opponents, last night.
Sania and Sanatangelo now have a tough job at hand as they face top seeded pair of Zimbabwean Cara Black and American Liezel Huber in the second round.
Sania's singles campaign ended yesterday after she lost her second round match to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.
