LONDON: Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza routed Czech duo of Martin Damm and Renata Voracova 6-3, 6-0 to breeze into the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships on Thursday.
There was no stopping the sixth-seed Indians after they took the first-set lead and then it proved just a stroll in the park.
They will next face the winner of the other third round match between 15th seed Andy Ram and Meghann Shaughnessy and unseeded pair of Paul Hanley and Su-Wei Hsieh.
Sania has also reached the women’s doubles semifinals along with Russian partner Elena Vesnina.
She though made a first round exit from the singles as she played through pain in her left knee.
Bhupathi-Vesnina into quarters
Indian star Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina advanced to mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Wimbledon championships after quelling a late challenge from Eric Butorac and Olga Govortsova on Wednesday.
The fourth-seed Indo-Russian combination dismissed the challenge of American-Belarusian pair 6-2, 7-6 (7) in the third round contest.
It was a good day for Vesnina as she earlier partnering India’s Sania Mirza reached the women’s doubles semifinals.
Bhupathi-Vesnina may run into the Sania-Rohan Bopanna Indian pair in the mixed doubles semifinals if both the pairs win their respective quarterfinals.
Bopanna and Sania are one step away from making the quarterfinals as they face Czech team of Martin Damm and Renata Voracova in the third round.
Earlier in the day, they scored a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia in the second round.
