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Sanaa-Sania in last eight

June 04, 2003 14:52 IST
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Indian juniors Sanaa Bhambri and Sania Mirza stormed into the quarter-finals of the girls' doubles at the French Open on Tuesday.

They defeated Mari Andersson of Sweden and Megan Falcon of the United States 6-1, 6-3 in a second round match.

On Monday, the Indian pair had defeated the French pair of Virginie Ayassamy and Laura Thorpe 6-2, 6-1 in a first round match.

They play Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine and Heidi El-Tabakh of Egypt in the quarter-finals. Kateryna-Heidi upset top seeds Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in their second round match.

Sania is currently ranked 13th in the doubles while Sanna is ranked 63rd. In April this year, the duo won the Grade 1 doubles title at the Shuzo Challenge Japan Open Junior Championships.

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