Sania-Vesnina in quarters at Indian Wells

Sania Mirza and her Russian Partner has moved to quarter-finals of the WTA Indian Wells Premier event after scoring a hard fought win over Timea Bacsinszky and Alberta Brianti, in Indian Wells.

The second seeds dominated the proceedings in the beginning but lost the second set before winning the second round match 6-1 3-6 10-2.
They face Argentine pair of Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez in the last-eight stage match.
Sania had exited the singles event after losing the second round match against Anabel Medina Garrigues.