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Sania Mirza leads way into Cincinnati quarter-finals

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CINCINNATI(Ohio), July 19: Third-seed Sania Mirza of India led the way into the quarter-finals of the $175,000 WTA hardcourt tournament here with a straight set win over Varvara Lepchenko . Sania downed her opponent on Wednesday from Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals here for the third straight year. Mirza has been working her way back into shape after missing two and a half months earlier this season due to knee surgery. Wednesday's victory marked the first time she has put together back-to-back victories since February. Mirza now awaits the winner of the second-round match between ninth-seeded Jill Craybas of the United States and Olga Govortsova of Belarus. Top-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze also reached the quarter-finals, defeating Romanian qualifier Anda Perianu 6-4, 6-3. Perianu had recorded her first WTA Tour match win on Tuesday when she beat Melinda Czink in the first round. The only other seeded player in action, No 7 Akiko Morigami of Japan