Twe Doubles With Russians Go Into Australian Open's Third Round

Two doubles involving Russian women went into the third round of Australian Open doubles.

Elena Bovina, in tandem with Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne, beat the Ukrainian-Czech duo Elena Tatarkova/Renata Voracova. The one-hour-fifty-one-minute showdown left the Russian and the Belgian victorious 6-7 (3-7) 6-0 6-0.

Bovina and Henin-Hardenne will now face the tournament's second-strongest double yet, Virginia Tuano Pascual (Spain)/Paola Suarez (Argentina), who on Saturday won against the Russia-France duo Maria Sharapova/Marion Bartoli 6-3 2-6 6-1.

In another match, Russian Nadia Petrova teamed up with veteran Spanish player Conchita Martinez to beat Netherlands-Romania tandem Anousjka Van Exel/Andreea Vanc 6-2 4-6 6-1.

In the next round Petrova and Martinez will play against Russia's Anna Kournikova and America's Chanda Rubin