Sania vs Bops in mixed doubles quarters

Melbourne, January 24 

Sania Mirza set up a face-off with Rohan Bopanna in the mixed-doubles quarterfinals after she and Ivan Dodig defeated Alexander Peya and Zheng Saisai 2-6 6-3 10-6 here today. Earlier in the day, Rohan Bopanna and Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski mounted a great fightback to win against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Taiwan's Chan Yung-jan to win 6-4 5-7 10-3. 

The Indo-Croatian pair was outplayed in the opening set as Peya-Zheng began the proceedings aggressively. But the second seeded Sania-Dodig used all their experience to turn the tide and break their opponents at a crucial time in the second set to win it 7-5. In the deciding third set tie-break, Sania-Dodig hit several winners to emerge winners in 64 minutes. 

Siddhant Banthia and Turk Kaya Gore entered the boys’ doubles quarterfinal, beating Zizou Bergs and Yshai Oliel 6-3 7-6(6). In the girls' singles, Mihika Yadav lost 2-6 1-6 to Japanese Mai Hontama. — IANS