30 May,2011 08:42 AM IST | | IANS
India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated the Spanish pair of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-4 to qualify for the women's doubles quarter-finals of the French Open tennis yesterday.
The Indo-Russian duo will now face top seeds Gisela Dulko of Brazil and Italian Flavia Pennetta, who defeated the Italian pair of Sarra Errani and Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-2 in their third round match.
Bhupathi loses
Another Indian, Mahesh Bhupathi, however, bowed out of the mixed doubles event when he and his Chinese partner Jie Zheng lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-10 to Australian Rennae Stubbs and Brazilian Marcelo Melo in the second round.
Earlier, Bhupathi and Leander Paes crashed out of the men's doubles in the second round.
