Tennis Tennis Sania Mirza reaches doubles pre-quarterfinals at Indian Wells Sania and her Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkens beat Japanese-Serbian duo of Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 in the opening round match on Thursday. Kamesh Srinivasan NEW DELHI 11 March, 2022 16:46 IST FILE PHOTO: Sania Mirza in action. - V V SUBRAHMANYAM Kamesh Srinivasan NEW DELHI 11 March, 2022 16:46 IST Sania Mirza in partnership with Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium beat Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 in the doubles first round of the WTA1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells.In the pre-quarterfinals, Sania and Flipkens will play fifth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos.In the ATP Challenger in Mexico, Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Jason Jung 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 to set up a semifinal against Go Soeda of Japan.In the $25,000 ITF women’s event in Australia, Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina set up a title clash in doubles against Alexandra Bozovic and Weronika Falkowska.The results:WTA1000 Indian Wells, USDoubles (first round): Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Sania Mirza bt Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Aleksandra Krunic (Srb) 6-3, 3-6, [10-7].ATP Challenger, Monterrey, MexicoSingles (quarterfinals): Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Jason Jung (Tpe) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4.$25,000 ITF women, Bendigo, AustraliaDoubles (semifinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina bt Jang Su Jeong (Kor) & Ya-Hsuan Lee (Tpe) 6-1, 7-5. Read more stories on Tennis. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :