Leander-Hingis adavances to the third round. File Pic[/caption]Internet Desk: Defending champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis demolished the challenge of Christina Mchale and Jelena Ostapenko to move into the quarterfinals but Rohan Bopanna lost a marathon third round with partner Florin Mergea to bow out of the Wimbledon Championships.
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair of Sania and Martina overpowered the American-Latvia combination 6-1 6-0 in the third round contest that lasted just 46 minutes.
Dishing out a dominating performance, Sania and Martina broke their rivals five times and saved two chances they faced in the match.
Meanwhile, sixth seeds Bopanna and Mergea lost a fiercely fought men’s doubles third round 6-2 3-6 4-6 7-6(8-6) 6-8 to 10th seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers in two hours and 55 minutes.
However, India's highest ranked men's doubles player Rohan Bopanna had a mixed day. While he won his mixed doubles contest, he was ousted from men's doubles competition, partnering Romanian Florin Mergea.
Sixteenth seeds Paes and Hingis had a comfortable 6-4, 6-4 victory over New Zealand-German pairing of Artem Sitak and Laura Siegemund on No.1 Court to advance to the mixed doubles third round where they will take on a yet to be decided opponent.
Women's doubles top seeds Hingis and Mirza, on the other hand, thrashed American-Latvian pairing of Christina McHale and Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 6-0 on Court 17 to enter the quarter-finals of the lone grass court Major.
Later in the day, mixed doubles 13th seeds Bopanna and Australian Anastasia Rodionova also progressed to the third round with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Filipino-Polish combine of Treat Huey and Alicja Rosolska on Court 12.
The Indo-Australian pair will next take on Colombian combination of Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Mariana Duque-Marino for a place in the quarter-finals.
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