Moscow, Oct 16 : Sania Mirza and her Spanish partner Nuria Llagostera Vives entered the second round of Kremlin Cup tennis tournament after a 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 victory over Darya Kustova of Belarus and Ukraine's Olga Savchuk here on Tuesday.
The third-seeded Indo-Spanish pair beat unseeded opponents in a hard-fought battle that lasted an hour and 27 minutes.
Sania and Nuria will take on the winner of the match between Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops—Jones and Kveta Peschke and Anna—Lena Groenefeld in the second round.
Sania and Nuria wasted as many as eight breakpoint opportunities out of 11, while the Belarusian—Ukrainian duo let go four of the six break chances.
There was little to differentiate between the two teams as both committed a number of unforced errors but Sania and Nuria managed to keep their nerves to walk away with the match.
