 17 January 2008
Sania Mirza survived a scare to beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland and advance to the third round of the women's singles event in the Australian Open here today.
In a battle lasting for one hour and 44 minutes, Sania got the better of Timea 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.
Sania did not had much trouble in the opening set as she rapped up the set quickly as her opponent struggled with unforced errors. But Timea fought back strongly in the second set. Both the players committing lot of unforced errors and Timea won the set to square the match.
In the keenly-contested final set, Sania approached the net more often and reduced her unforced errors to emerge victorious.
In the next round, Sania has the uphill task of taking on eighth-seeded Venus Williams of the USA. The American defeated Camille Pin of France 7-5, 6-4 to book a berth in the third round. |
