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Sania into the second round
Sania into the second round
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | AY
Sania Mirza has opened her Sunfeast Open campaign in Kolkata in style with a straight-sets victory over Junri Namigati of Japan. Mirza looked in solid form, dropping just four games for the match in a 6-2 6-2 victory over Namigati. Italian Maria Elena Camerin, seeded fourth, ended the hopes of another Indian however, cruising past Rushmi Chakravarthi, 6-2 6-0, and in to the second round. Mirza outplayed Namigata by breaking her serve twice in each set. Mirza, at No. 34 India’s highest ranked player ever on the WTA Tour, broke Namigata in the fifth and seventh games of the opening set, and then in the first and seventh games of the second. Camerin clinched the opening set by breaking Chakravarthi’s service in the eighth game and then swept the Indian opponent away in the second with three successive breaks.
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