Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek after defeating Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. (PTI)

New York: Sania Mirza had a rollercoaster day at the US Open as she advanced to the quarter finals of the doubles with an upset win over former champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, but crashed out of the mixed event in the last-eight stage.

Sania and American partner Bethanie Mattek on Monday rallied to shock the second-seeded American-Australian pair 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 (as reported in Tuesday’s Late City edition).

The unseeded Indo-American duo will next take on fifth seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei for a place in the semis.

In the mixed doubles event, Sania and Mahesh Bhupathi were outplayed 4-6, 1-6 by Belarussian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi.

But Leander Paes made sure that the Indian challenge continued in the mixed event. He and his American partner Meghann Shaughnessy beat Ashley Harkleroad and Justin Gimelstob 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals.

They will now be up against the British-American pair of Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber, who defeated Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska and Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6-1, 6-2.

Sania and Mattek’s win over the 2005 champions was the highlight of the women’s doubles event. The Indo-American pair was in trouble as Raymond and Stosur broke them thrice to clinch the opening set in just half-an-hour.

But the momentum shifted in the second set as Sania started to return with more pace and also exhibited better strokeplay at the nets.

Sania and Mattek finally got a break of serve at 5-5 and served out to even the match. The decider could have gone either way as there were seven breaks of serve with both sides struggling to hold.

Sania had an opportunity to close out the match while serving at 5-4 but she was broken. However, that hardly made any difference as Raymond and Stosur once again lost their serve, giving Mattek the chance to end the match.

This time, the Sania did not miss the opportunity and held serve to advance. (PTI)

DAY VIII RESULTS

Men Singles, Round III — Andy Roddick (5, US) bt Tomas Berdych (9, Cze) 7-6 (6), 2-0, retired; Tommy Haas (10, Ger) bt James Blake (6, US) 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (4); Nikolay Davydenko (4, Rus) bt Lee Hyung-taik (Kor) 6-1, 6-3, 6-4; Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Feliciano Lopez (Esp) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4

Women singles, Round IV — Svetlana Kuznetsova (4 Rus) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-2, 6-3; Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) 6-4, 7-6(1); Shahar Peer (18, Isr) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (30, Pol) 6-4, 6-1; Anna Chakvetadze (6, Rus) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-1, 7-5

Men Doubles, quarter finals — Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Robert Kendrick & Sam Querrey (US) 6-3, 6-4; Simon Aspelin (Swe) & Julian Knowle (10, Aut) Bob & Mike Bryan (1, US) 7-5, 6-4

Women Doubles, Round III — Bethanie Mattek (US) Sania Mirza (16, Ind) bt Lisa Raymond (US) & Samantha Stosur (2, Aus) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Dinara Safina (7, Rus) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) & Shahar Peer (12, Isr) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Mixed Doubles, quarter finals — Meghann Shaughnessy (US) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt Ashley Harkleroad & Justin Gimelstob (US) 6-3, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) 6-4, 6-1; Liezel Huber (US) & Jamie Murray (GBR) bt Agnieszka Radwanska & Mariusz Fyrstenberg (Pol) 6-1, 6-2; Yan Zi (Chn) & Mark Knowles (3, Bah) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Andy Ram (Isr) 6-4, 6-4
Girls, Round I — Han Sung-hee (RSA) Poojashree Venkatesh (Ind) 6-3, 6-2