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Paes-Rikl in third round

June 28, 2003 20:47 IST

India's [ Images ] Leander Paes [ Images ] and David Rikl of Czech Republic made a smooth entry into third round of the men's doubles event at Wimbledon [ Images ] tennis championships with a straight sets victory on Saturday.

Paes and Rikl, the fifth seeds, won 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 against the German duo of Nicolas Kiefer [ Images ] and David Prinosil in a second round match that was suspended yesterday due to poor light after the completion of the first two sets.

Paes and Rikl will take on Giovanni Lapentti and Nicolas Lapentti [ Images ] of Ecuador in the next round. The Lapenttis beat Jordan Kerr of Australia [ Images ] and Sebastien Prieto of Argentina 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to move into the third round.

Sania Mirza [ Images ] advanced to the second round of the girls' singles with an easy 6-1, 6-1 victory against Alyona Tsutaskova of Ukraine. The 16th seed Mirza will take on Eden Marama of New Zealand [ Images ] in the second round.

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