Sania enters quarters

Sania Mirza is through to the quarterfinals of the Forest Hills Women's Classic in New York.

The Indian seeded third at this tier 4 event beat Shahar Peer 7-6, 6-1.

Peer is ranked 9 places below Sania who is at 50.

The Indian is playing this tournament as her last warm up before the US Open and she has a great chance to win with top seed Akiko Morigami having been knocked out in the first round.

Sania now plays world number 62 Roberto Vinci in the quarterfinals.

In the US Open next week, Sania has been drawn to play world number 56 Mashona Washington but in the 2nd round she could play Dinara Safina who is seeded 21.