Sania and Bopanna move to Australian Open second round with partners

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna made winning starts to their respective campaigns at the Australian Open with contrasting opening-round victories with their doubles partners, here today.

Sania Mirza and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova recorded a resounding 6-3 6-1 win over the British pair of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith in the women's doubles



event.

Bopanna and his Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay, seeded 15th, pipped Thomaz Bellucci from Brazil and Maximo Gonzalez from Argentina

6-4 7-6(4) in the men's doubles first round.

Their next opponents are Australia's Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley.

Sania and Barbora drew the first blood in the sixth game.