Saturday, September 2 2006 12:04 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New York: Unnerved by her singles exit at the US Open, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza, partnering South African Liezel Huber, moves into the women's doubles second round in style.

The 11th seeded Indo-South African pair outplay American duo of Angela Haynes and Neha Uberoi 6-4, 6-0 in the first round at Flushing Meadows Thursday (31 Aug, 2006).

Sania and Liezel, who won the Bangalore Open title this February, next play Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, who defeat Austrian Sybille Bammer and Julia Schruff of Germany 7-5, 6-2 in their opening match.

Sania had earlier lost in the singles second round, 7-5 1-6 2-6 to Fransesca Schiavone of Italy.

Meanwhile, multiple Grand Slam champions Mahesh Bhupathi and Argentina's Paola Suarez pull out of the mixed doubles event.