Sania-BOB advance to 2nd rd

Sania Mirza and Bob Bryan began their partnership with a convincing straight-set victory over Australian pair of Samantha Stosur and Luke Saville in the mixed doubles first round of the Australian Open on Friday. The third seeded Indo-American pair coasted to a 6-2, 6-2 win over the unseeded local team in just 50 minutes. Bhupathi has paired with Russian Nadia Petrova and they take on Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands in their first round.