Sania Mirza [ Images ] followed up her singles success with a convincing first-round win in the doubles as she and Bethanie Mattek [ Images ] defeated Severine Bremond of France [ Images ] and Jelena Jankovic [ Images ] of Serbia at the US Open [ Images ] in New York on Thursday.

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Sixteenth seeds Sania and Mattek of USA scored a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the first round

They will face  Jarmila Gajdosova of Slovakia and Bryamne Stewart of Australia [ Images ] in the second round.

Leander Paes [ Images ], who suffered a first-round loss in men's doubles, and Meghann Shaughnessy of United States reached the second round of mixed doubles, beating Janette Husarova of Slovakia and Pavel Vizner of Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3.