Sania Mirza’s entry into the mixed doubles quarterfinals was the only silver lining for India as both leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna lost their respective last eight encounters in the men’s doubles at the French Open, here on Wednesday.
Second seeded Sania and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig beat French pair of Alize Cornet and Jonathan Eysseric 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 10-8 in second round match.
In the men’s doubles, India’s challenge ended today as Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea, seeded sixth, went down 4-6, 4-6 to third seeds Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
The 16th seeded Paes and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski also lost in straight sets to fifth seeded formidable American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan.
The only cheer for the Indians was Sania’s performance with his Croatian partner Ivan. The second seeds will now meet Yung-Jan Chan and Max Mirnyi in quarterfinals. leander and Martina Hingis are also in mixed doubles quarterfinals and are up against Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina.