<p>Sania Mirza of India and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands, seeded 13th, advanced to the second round of the women's doubles at the US Open here at the Flushing Meadows.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The pair thrashed Italian Alberta Brianti and Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes Thursday. They will next face unseeded Croat-Hungarian duo of Darija Jurak-Katalin Marosi.<br /><br />In mixed doubles, the Indo-Czech pair of Mahesh Bhupathi-Andrea Hlavackova overcame American duo Samantha Crawford-Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 6-4 to enter the second round.<br /><br />They will next face Nicole Melichar-Brian Battistone of U.S. or Spanish pairing of Nuria Llagostera Vives-David Marrero for a place in the quarters.<br /><br />Bhupathi, partnering Rohan Bopanna, had crashed out of the men's doubles competition Wednesday.</p>
<p>Sania Mirza of India and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands, seeded 13th, advanced to the second round of the women's doubles at the US Open here at the Flushing Meadows.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The pair thrashed Italian Alberta Brianti and Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes Thursday. They will next face unseeded Croat-Hungarian duo of Darija Jurak-Katalin Marosi.<br /><br />In mixed doubles, the Indo-Czech pair of Mahesh Bhupathi-Andrea Hlavackova overcame American duo Samantha Crawford-Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 6-4 to enter the second round.<br /><br />They will next face Nicole Melichar-Brian Battistone of U.S. or Spanish pairing of Nuria Llagostera Vives-David Marrero for a place in the quarters.<br /><br />Bhupathi, partnering Rohan Bopanna, had crashed out of the men's doubles competition Wednesday.</p>