Sania Mirza won both her women's and mixed doubles matches at the Australian Open on Sunday.In women's doubles, Sania and her Australian partner Alicia Molik (seeded sixth) beat Russians Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the third round.Sania-Molik will now take on 12th seeds Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Israeli Shahar Peer.
Sania partnered Mahesh Bhupathi for the opening round of the event and they ousted local favourites Molik and Nathan Healy 6-1, 6-4.Sania and Bhupathi now have a tough match on hand as they will be up against second seeds Lisa Raymond and Simon Aspelin in the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2008.
Sania Mirza , often referred as Hyderabad hurricane , unfortunately is out of singles in the australian open. Lets Hope Sania does wonders in her coming matches and make our city 'Hyderabad' proud.
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