Sania-Cara pair moves to quarterfinals of Madrid Open

Madrid, May 7: Fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Cara Black had little problem in dispatching Hao-Ching Chan and Chanelle Scheepers as they scored a comfortable straight sets victory to progress to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, here today.
The Indo-Zimbabwean team defeated the Taipei-Protea pair 6-4 6-1 in little over an hour in the second round contest of the euro 3,671,405 clay court tournament.
Sania and Cara, winner of the Portugal Open last week, raced to 4-1 lead but Chan and Scheepers reduced the margin to make it 3-4. (PTI)