The pair thrashed Italian Alberta Brianti and Romania&rsquo;s Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes. They will next face Darija Jurak-Katalin Marosi. <img alt="Mahesh Bhupathi &amp; Sania Mirza" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/Sania.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 300px; " /> Sania Mirza &amp;u00a0Mahesh Bhupathi In mixed doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Andrea Hlavackova beat Americans Samantha Crawford-Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 6-4 to enter the second round where they will face Nicole Melichar-Brian Battistone or Nuria Llagostera Vives-David Marrero for a place in the quarters. Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had crashed out of the men&rsquo;s doubles competition on Wednesday.

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India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands, seeded 13th, advanced to the second round of the women's doubles at the US Open on Thursday. 

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