Tuesday, January 16, 2007

AO:Sania through to the Round two

"Well, I feel a lot fitter, I'm moving lot better.
Probably my serve obviously is the weakest point in my game right now but
it's not exactly a weakness, but it is not a strength.
So it is just a matter of consolidating on that playing.
I guess playing some quality games against some quality players,"

-Sania Mirza.


Sania Mirza started her Australian Open Dream with a straight set victory over Olga Savchuk of Ukrain.
Sania defeated Olga 6-3, 7-5

In other major mathces:

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova got over the heat, the cramps and her own mistakes to enter the Round Two. She beat Camille Pin 6-3, 4-6, 9-7.

Third-seeded Kim Clijsters to beat Vasilisa Bardina 6-0, 6-0 rout. Bardina won only two points on her own serve.

Sixth-seeded Martina Hingis, had a 6-0, 6-2 win over Nathalie Dechy on the second show court.

13th-seeded Ana Ivanovic advanced with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Vania King.

Second-ranked Rafael Nadal bt. American Robert Kendrick 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2. He played on Center Court with Roof on.

Eighth-seeded David Nalbandian advanced to next round as Janko Tipsarevic retired with heat exhaustion in the fifth set, final scores were 6-7 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0, 2-1.

Robby Ginepri advanced in five sets over Spain's Nicolas Almagro, seeded 32nd.

No. 13 Tomas Berdych beat South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

No. 31 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland beat Kevin Kim in four.