The doubles update: Mirza through, Aisam exits mixed event

The Pakistan tennis ace also competed in the men’s doubles event with Jonathan Marray, losing in the first round

Reuters/our Correspondent January 26, 2016

PHOTO: AFP

MELBOURNE: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza extended their winning streak to 34 matches to reach the Australian Open semi-finals with victory over German-American duo Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Coco Vandeweghe on Tuesday.

Mirza also progressed to the mixed doubles’ quarter-finals along with Ivan Dodig, beating Pakistan’s Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5, 6-2 in the second round.

Aisam and Shvedova had earlier defeated the Australian pair of Daria Gavrilova and Luke Saville 6-4, 7-6 in the first round.

Aisam crashes out of Australian Open

The Pakistan tennis ace also competed in the men’s doubles event with Jonathan Marray, losing in the first round.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2016.

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