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Sania-Chuang pair advances

Madrid: Sania Mirza and her Taipei partner Chia-Jung Chuang moved into the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters defeating wildcards Ma Emilia Salerni and Silvia Soler Espinosa in straight sets.

Sania-Chuang defeated the Argentine-Spanish pair 6-3, 6-4 in their opening match.

They will next take on the second-seeded pair of Anabel Median Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, who got a bye in the first round.

Sania could not make it to the singles main draw as she lost the first round of the qualifying event to France’s Aravane Rezai 3-6, 3-6.

The results: Madrid Open: Men: Second round: Tommy Robredo bt Mardy Fish 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2; Fernando Verdasco bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-2. First round: Marin Cilic bt Marcel Granollers 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1; Fabio Fognini bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7(5), 6-4, 3-0 (retd); Andreas Seppi bt Eduardo Schwank 7-5, 6-4; Tomas Berdych bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-0, 7-6(5); Jeremy Chardy bt Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko bt Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-2; Jurgen Melzer bt Albert Montanes 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Women: Second round: Agnese Szavay bt Arvane Rezai 2-6, 7-5, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone bt Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki bt Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-1; Vera Dushevina bt Robert Vinci 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. — Agencies

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