Sania-Christina pair reached the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Championship

India’s star tennis player Sania Mirza and her American partner Christina Machale have advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles event at the Cleveland Championships. The Indian-American pair defeated Oksana Kalashnikova and Andrea Mityu 6-3, 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinal match played on Sunday night.

Mirza and her USA partner did not give Kalashnikova and Andrea any chance in the match, they won the first set very easily. At the same time, in the second set also the Indian-American pair did not give a chance to the opposition pair and the second set also easily entered the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament.

Earlier last week, Sania and her Tunisian partner Ons Jabur were eliminated from the women’s doubles event of the ATP Masters 1000 Western and Southern Cincinnati Open. They had to face defeat in straight sets 7-5, 6-2.