The all-Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will tackle Latvian-Spanish duo of Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez within the quarterfinal of Australian Open 2023 on the Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday.
The Sania-Bopanna pair ousted Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-4, 7-6 (9) within the second spherical on court docket seven.
Meanwhile, Ostapenko and Hernandez downed Marcelo Alevaro of Salvador and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), [10-8] of their second-round match.
The 36-year-old Sania, who is about to retire from the game after subsequent month’s Dubai Masters, gained the blended doubles crown in Melbourne with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. She additional went on to win 5 extra Grand Slams, two of which got here in blended doubles.
With Bopanna, she has beforehand performed blended doubles as soon as at French Open (2011) and twice at Wimbledon (2011, 2021) with the pair’s greatest end result collectively being a quarterfinal-finish on the All England Club in 2011. They did, nonetheless, end fourth on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Where to observe 2023 Australian Open in India?
In India, viewers will be capable to watch the reside telecast of the Australian Open on the Sony Sports Network and stream the matches reside on the SonyLiv app and JioTV.
The estimated begin time of the Sania-Bopanna vs Ostapenko-Hernandez blended doubles quarterfinal is 11:15am IST.