Sania reached women’s singles second round:
January 16, The world 53 rank Sania Mirza awarded off the challenge of Ukranian Olga Savchuk to reach the women’s singles second round of the Australian Open Tennis. Sania over come Olga 6-3, 7-5 at the first Grand Slam of the season. The 53rd ranked Indian on her experience to make the most of Olga’s double faults and unforced errors. In the next match Samia will play against Japan’s Aiko Nakamura.
Olga committed as many as six double faults in the first set. Sania, broke once in the second set, made amends to break back twice and wrap up the set in 46 minutes.
After the match, Sania said that she was a a more complete player those days, she belived she had more than when she was 30 in the world, She played much better tennis that day then she did then. she also said that she felt a lot better, probably the serve was her weakest point right then, but it was not exactly a weakness, but it was not a strength.
Sania said that Tennis was really growing in India as a sport. She added that she got many messages that day from people saying that they were going to sleep early in the morning to see her match on TV.
Australian Open dream of Top-seed Maria Sharapova almost evaporated as Kim Clijsters showed the form that has made her a favourite. US Open holder and World No.2 Sharapova did not look a champion-in-waiting as she dragged herself around the court to post a 6-3, 4-6, 9-7 win over French women Camille Pin.
Triple champion Hingis also showed awesome form, demolishing Nathalie Dechy of France 6-0, 6-2. Among the men australia’s 19th seed Lleyton Hewitt faught back from lossing the opening two sets to down American qualifier Michael Russel 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
