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French Open: Paes-Nestor in 3rd round; Sania-Hingis win

Last updated on: May 29, 2015 21:33 IST

Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor cruised into the third round of the men's doubles at the French Open, beating the German-Austrian pair of Andre Begemann and Julian Knowle in straight sets on Friday.

The 10th seeded Indo-Canadian pair won 7-6(7-3), 6-2.

The first set went to the tie-breaker after the pairs trade a break each. In the shoot-out, Paes-Nestor's experience was the difference as they prevailed 7-3.

The second set was a virtual cakewalk as Paes-Nestor effected breaks in the second and fourth games to lead 4-0.

The German-Austrian pair was unable to recover despite holding serve twice.

The highlight of Paes-Nestor's performance was the successful conversion of 82 percent of their first serves.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

Meanwhile, top seeds Sania and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis defeated the local pair of Stepahnie Foretz and Amandine Hesse 6-3, 6-4 in only 65 minutes.

It was easy for Sania-Hingis, as they broke the French pair in the eighth game and followed it up by holding serve to take the first set 6-3.

The Indo-Swiss pair started the second set well as they took a 1-0 lead, breaking the opposition. However, Foretz-Hesse broke back to make it 3-3.

But the decisive break came in the ninth game, which they won and served for the match without much difficulty.

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