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Paes, Sania advance in Miami

Source: PTI
March 28, 2009 12:23 IST
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Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy made a spectacular start to their campaign in the US $4,500,000 Miami Masters, storming into the doubles pre-quarter-finals after a crushing 6-2, 6-2 victory over Fernando Gonzalez and Juan Monaco.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair took just 46 minutes to dispatch the Chilean pair in the first round.

In the women's event, Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei's Chia-Jung Chuang earned a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win over the Czech combination of Iveta Benesova and Barbora Strycova Zahlavova to advance to the pre-quarter-finals.

Paes-Dlouhy converted four break-points and saved three on their own serve to run away with the first set.

The second set too belonged to the winners as they converted both the break-points that came their way to seal the issue.

Sania and Chuang converted two break-points in the first set and saved two.

In the second set, seven breaks were traded with the Indo-Taipei pair getting four en route to victory.

Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, seeded third, will open their campaign against French pair of Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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