Sania Mirza entered the main draw of the US Open, beating Columbia's Catalina Castano in the final qualifying round on Friday. The Indian ace, ranked 160th, got the better of the 188th-ranked Columbian 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
The Indo-American pair beat the Polish-Romanian duo of Ursula Radwansaka and Agnes Szatmari 6-3, 6-2 in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The Indian ace overcame an injury scare and a spirited challenge from unseeded Catalina Castano of Colombia in her opening match at Wimbledon.
The top seeds scored a straight sets victory over the Colombian-Chinese pair of Catalina Castano and Meng Yuan.
Sixth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy and India's Sania Mirza moved into the second round of the $1.3 million Qatar Open on Monday.
The Indian ace lost 6-4, 6-1 to Anastasia Myskina in the first round of the Grand Slam
The second seeded Russian will play her doubles partner Anna-Lena Groenefeld, in the Family Circle Cup.
The 47-year-old nine times champion easily beat Catalina Castano in the first round at Wimbledon.\n\n