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Sania shocks her doubles partner Peer

Isner sends Henman packing at the Washington Classic; Roddick advances

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MUSCLING THROUGH: Sania Mirza displayed a steely resolve to down Shahar Peer at the Acura Classic tournament on Tuesday.

CARLSBAD: Sania Mirza used pressure at the net in the third set to pull off a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 upset of No. 12 seed Shahar Peer on Tuesday in a first round match of the Acura Classic tennis tournament.

“I really didn’t want to spend so much time on the court,” said Sania. “We all know that (Peer) is one of the best on the Tour at running down shots. If I keep hitting and ripping from behind the baseline, she’s going to keep tracking down balls.”

Serbian No. 2 Jelena Jankovic advanced beating American Vania King 6-3, 6-0.

Seventh-seeded Martina Hingis struggled in her first match before claiming a 7-5, 6-2 second-round win over Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands.

Roddick has it easy

Top seed Andy Roddick fired 18 aces to rip Tomas Zib 6-4, 6-2 on a wild Tuesday at the ATP Washington Classic.

Russian third seed Safin bounced Czech Jan Hernych 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Britain’s Henman made a humbling first-round exit, losing 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) to John Isner, a 22-year-old U.S. college veteran playing his first ATP hardcourt match after losing his only prior ATP start three weeks ago on grass.

Two Asian ATP newcomers, Japan’s Kei Nishikori and U.S. college champion Somdev Dev Varman of India, were impressive, although only Nishikori advanced.

The 17-year-old Japanese prodigy ousted Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4), 6-3.

Dev Varman, a qualifier who beat Isner in the NCAA final, made his ATP debut on stadium court but lost to Goldstein 6-4, 6-2.

The results: At Carlsbad: WTA Acura Classic (second round): Nadia Petrova bt Elena Bovina 6-3, 7-5; Marion Bartoli bt Aiko Nakamura 7-6(4), 6-1; Martina Hingis bt Michaella Krajicek 7-5, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic bt Vania King 6-3, 6-0; Marion Bartoli b t Aiko Nakamura 7-6(4) 6-1. First round: Sybille Bammer bt Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6(5); Lucia Safarova bt Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-3.

Meghann Shaughnessy bt Olga Poutchkova 6-3, 6-1; Viktoria Azarenka bt Chan Yung-Jan 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Sania Mirza bt Shahar Peer 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama bt Akgui Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik bt Nicole Pratt 6-1, 6-4; Virginie R azzano bt Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6(2), 6-4; Alla Kudryavtseva bt Julia Vakulenko 6-1, 6-3.

At Washington: Legg Mason Classic (second round): Robin Haase bt Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-7(7), 7-6(4); Marat Safin bt Jan Hernych 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Gael Monfils bt Martin Klizan 7-6(5), 6-4; Paul Capdeville bt Amer Delic 7-6(5), 7-5; Andy R oddick bt Tomas Zib 6-4, 6-2; Lee Hyung-taik bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-1. First round: Paul Goldstein bt Somdev Dev Varman 6-4, 6-2; Wayne Odesnik bt Adrian Garcia 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Kei Nishikori bt Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6(4), 6-3; John Isner bt Tim Henman 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4); Wesley Whitehouse bt Jiri Vanek 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Michael Berrer bt George Bastl 6-3, 6-2; Wesley Moodie bt Ryan Sweeting 6-3, 6-4.

At Sopot: ATP Prokom Open (first round): Olivier Patience bt Dawid Olejniczak 7-6(0), 6-4; Igor Andreev bt Nicolas Lapenti 6-0, 6-4; Martin Vassallo Arguello bt Maximo Gonzalez 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

At Stockholm: WTA Nordic Light Open (first round): Elena Vesnina bt Sofia Arvidsson 6-1, 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki bt Lina Stanciute 7-6(4), 7-5; Virginia Ruano bt Chan Chin-Wei 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Emma Laine bt Eva Birnerova 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1 .

Stephanie Cohen-Aloro bt Yvonne Meusburger 6-2, 6-4; Anna-Lena Groenefeld bt Iveta Benesova 6-0, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Sandra Kloesel 6-3, 7-6(5); Marta Domachowska bt Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Julia Goerges bt Maria Elena Came rin 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova bt Ksenia Milevskaya 5-7, 6-0, 6-3; Youlia Fedossova bt Kaia Kanepi 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3. — Agencies

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