Sania-Krajicek, Paes-Damm enter doubles' second round at Wimbledon

London, June 30 (UNI) Sania Mirza and her Dutch partner Michaella Krajicek moved into the second round of the women's doubles event with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over the French-Italian pair of Stephanie Foretz and Antonella Serra Zanetti at the Wimbledon here.

Sania and Krajicek will now take on the the winner of the other first round clash between eighth seed Russian-Italian pair of Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta and Austrian-Greman duo of Sybille Bammer and Julia Schruff.

In the men's doubles event, seventh seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Martin Damm also won their first round clash against the Serbian-Russian combine of Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 after the latter retired in the third set.

They will now take on the winner of the match between Jan Hernych and David Skoch of Czechoslovakia and Jarkko Nieminen and Graydon Oliver (Finland/USA).

Sania and Krajicek were off to a good start against their opponents and raced away with the first set but Stephanie and Antonella made a comeback in the second and caught the Indo-Dutch unawares to take the match into the decider.

However, the French-Italian pair ran out of steam in the third and Sania and Krajicek regained their composure to take the set and seal the match in their favour.

In the match between Paes-Damm and Tipsarevic-Youzhny, the seventh seeds were stretched by their unheralded opponents, who fought hard to force a tie-breaker in the first set but the experienced Indo-Czech pair held their nerves to get past their rivals.

Paes and Damm then raced away with the second set before the Serbian-Russian pair retired from the match.

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