The ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka made it to the Women’s Doubles pre-quarterfinals of the French Open in Paris on Saturday.

Tenth seeds Sania and Hradecka defeated the unseeded all-Slovenian duo of Kaja Juvan and Tamara Zidansek 6-3, 6-4 in one hour 13 minutes.

Mirza and Hradecka were barely troubled by the Slovenians as they took the first set 6-3 with ease. Juvan and Zidansek did seem to be putting up a better fight in the second set, but the 10th seeds were just too good for them as Mirza-Hradecka won it 6-4 to force their way into the round of 16.

The Indo-Czech pair will face eighth-seeded all-American duo of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the pre-quarterfinals today (May 31) at 7 pm (IST).

Sania, who resumed her Mixed Doubles campaign along with Croatian Ivan Dodig on Sunday, lost in the second round to the all-Brazilian duo of Beatriz Haddad Maia and Bruno Soares.