Mirza, Strycova beat Gibbs, Hibino to reach quarters

NEW YORK: Sania Mirza and Barbara Strycova defeated Nicole Gibbs and Nao Hibino to reach the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the US Open.

NEW YORK: Sania Mirza and Barbara Strycova defeated Nicole Gibbs and Nao Hibino to reach the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the US Open.

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The Indo-Czech beat the American-Japanese pair 6-4, 7-5 in the third round match on Monday

The seventh seeds play the top seeded French duo of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the quarterfinals late on Tuesday.

Mirza is the sole Indian left in the tournament after Rohana Bopanna and Leander Paes exited the competition with their respective mixed doubles partners.

Bopanna and his partner Gabriela Dabrowski squandered a set advantage against Canadian Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany before bowing out 6-1, 2-6, 8-10 in the super tiebreaker.

Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis had crashed out in the second round.