Sania Mirza and her Taipei partner Chia-Jung Chuang moved to the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the euro 3,500,000 Madrid Masters after defeating wildcards Ma Emilia Salerni and Silvia Soler Espinosa in straight sets.

Sania-Chuang defeated the Argentine-Spanish pair 6-3 6-4 in their opening match. They will next take on the second seeded pair of Anabel Median Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, who got a bye in the first round.

Sania could not make it to the singles main draw as she lost the first round of the qualifying event to France's Aravane Rezai 3-6 3-6.