Sania Mirza and her Spanish partner Nuria Llagostera Vives entered the second round of Kremlin Cup after a hard-fought victory over Darya Kustova of Belarus and Ukraine's Olga Savchuk in Moscow on Tuesday.
Sania Mirza and Edina Gallovits stunned fourth seeds Anna Smith and Zi Yan in straight sets to progress to the doubles semi-finals of the Guangzhou International Women's Open in Guangzhou, China.
Sania Mirza qualified for the singles main draw of the Family Circle Cup, a WTA event, after scoring a straight sets win over Ukraine's Olga Savchuk.
The seventh seeded Indo-American duo beat Klaudia Jans and Gabriela Navratilova in the first round of the Pacific Life Open.
The Indian ace, seeded 21, rallied after losing the first set to beat Ukraine's Olga Savchuk at the Pacific Life Open. Meanwhile, defending champion Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and fourth-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova breezed through their opening matches.
The best was saved for the last. After a day of mundane action and lopsided contests, China's Zi Yan showed tremendous grit to save three match points and oust eighth seed Maria Kirilenko in the first round of the WTA Tier II Bangalore Open on Tuesday night.
The Indian ace however won her doubles match, combining with USA's Vania King atthe Morocco GP.
Defending champion Maria Santangelo of Italy powered her way into the finals of the Bangalore Open, beating Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-1, 6-0.
The Indian ace beat Ukraine's Olga Savchuk in her opening match.
Nadal, who got a first-round bye, defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 to advance.
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