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French Open 2016: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis storm into the quarterfinals

The Indo-Swiss pair defeated Yaroslav Shvedova and Florin Mergea 2-6 7-5 10-6 at Roland Garros.

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India's Leander Paes (L) and Switzerland's Martina Hingis (R) compete during their mixed doubles match against Sloane Stephens of the US and the Netherland's Jean-Julien Rojer on day nine of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 26, 2016.
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India's Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis moved a step closer to their first French Open crown together as they breezed into the mixed doubles quarterfinals after dispatching fourth seeds Yaroslav Shvedova and Florin Mergea, today.

Unseeded Paes and Hingis, who won three Grand Slams together in 2015, erased a one-set deficit to eke out a 2-6 7-5 10-6 win over a formidable combination in the rain-hit second round contest.
After losing their serve twice and breaking their rivals once, Paes and Hingis were trailing 2-3 when skies opened up, halting the match.

After play resumed, Paes and Hingis could not win a single game, losing three games in a row to surrender the opening set. The Indo-Swiss had its share of chances but converted only one of the four break chances.
They almost dropped serve in the third game but managed to hold. It was a tight contest from thereon with two pairs locked 5-5.

Shvedova and Mergea were serving to force a tie-breaker but Paes and Hingis capitalised on the second break point to drag it to a Super Tie-breaker.
They led 4-1 and then 8-4 before clinching the issue on their third match point.

They now await winners of the second round match between top seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Jamie Murray and Daria Gavrilova and John Peers. 

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