In the mixed doubles, Sania and Tecau took 65 minutes to get past the fourth seeded pair of Marcin Matwoski and Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic. Sania and Tecau won 4-6, 6-3 and 10-7.
The Indian-Romanian pair showed great determination in making a comeback after losing the first set against the Polish-Czech combine.
Meanwhile, Israeli-Brazilian pairing Jonathan Erlich and Marcelo Melo accounted for the defeat of the 'Indo-Pak Express' Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi in the second round of men's doubles. The sixth seeds lost their 65-minute match 3-6, 4-6 on Court No.16.