LONDON: Sania Mirza and Mate Pavic, the sixth seeds in the Wimbledon mixed doubles draw, edged out Spain's David Vega Hernandez and Georgia's Natela Dzalamidze 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-3) in just under two hours of their opening match.
The Indo-Croat pairing, who trailed 1-3 in the opening set, having dropped serve in the fourth game, won four straight games before serving out the set in the tenth game.
