Sania-Bethanie in second round

NEW DELHI, July 27: Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek of US eased past the Russian-Ukrainian pair of Alla Kudrayavtseva and Tetiana Luzhanska 6-1, 6-3 to set up a second round clash with Shikha Uberoi and Slovak Jelena Jankovic in the US$600,000 Stanford Classic, USA.

Sania, who crashed out of the singles event in the first round losing in straight sets to 98th ranked Russian Vasilisa Bardina, continued with her good doubles form in the WTA Tier II hardcourt event.



The second set followed almost the similar pattern and Alla and Tetiana surrendered without puttig up a decent fight in the match.