Sania-Yuliana in second round

Sania Mirza maintained her winning streak as she notched up a strong doubles victory in the USD 170,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday.

Sania and Ukrainian Yuliana Fedak ousted qualifiers Sybille Bammer of Austria and Jewel Peterson of the US 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round.

Sania and Yuliana next face local pair Angela Haynes and Bethanie Mattek who stunned the fourth seeds, Israeli teenager Shahar Peer and Russian Alina Jidkova.

Sania is also scheduled to player her second round singles match against Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico later on Thursday.