Australian Open: Sania Mirza to face Leander Paes in Q/Fs
In the Round 2 clash, Sania and her mixed doubles partner Ivan Dodig defeated Kazakh-Pakistan duo of Yaroslava Shvedova and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7-5, 6-2 to reach the quarter- finals.
Leander and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis cruised to the quater-finals of the tournament by beating American-Dutch pair of Sloane Stephens and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-1, 6-2.
Martina Hingis, who is all set to face Sania in the mixed doubles quater-finals, is the Indian woman tennis star's doubles partner.
Sania and Martina have already reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
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