Sania-Monica stun Wimbledon champions

India's Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu of Romania scored a shock 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 victory over Wimbledon champions and fifth seeds Vania King of the US and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan to storm into the doubles quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open.

Updated on: Aug 13, 2010, 01:55:45 IST

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India's Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu of Romania scored a shock 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 victory over Wimbledon champions and fifth seeds Vania King of the US and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan to storm into the doubles quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open on Wednesday.

The unseeded pair of Sania and Monica had defeated American wildcards Jamie Hampton and Melanie Oudin in a tough first round.

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