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Sania keeps winning

Haas begins well; Sharapova records victory

CARLSBAD: Sania Mirza continued with her demolition act as she entered the third round of the $1.3-million Acura Classic women’s tennis tournament here on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old Indian overcame a stiff challenge from Eleni Daniilidou of Greece to notch up a 7-6(1), 6-3 win in the second round of the WTA Tour Tier 1 hard court event.

Sania next faces World No. 14 and eighth seed, Dinara Safina of Russia. A win against Safina, younger sister of Marat Safin, could pit Sania against former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in what would be a replay of their US Open fourth round clash in 2005.

Sania was also in sublime form in the doubles, where she partnered with Israel’s Shahar Peer to score a facile first round victory. Sania and Peer defeated Angelika Bachmann of Germany and Czech Republic’s Hana Smorova 6-4, 6-0 to enter the second round.

Easy victory

Meanwhile, Anna Chakvetadze began her pursuit of a third straight WTA Tour title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Meghann Shaughnessy. Top seeded Maria Sharapova looked sharp in her first match of the tournament, a 6-1, 6-3 second-round win over Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in the featured night match.

7-5, 7-6(6).

The results:

At Carlsbad: WTA Acura Classic (second-round): Maria Sharapova bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-3; Venus Williams bt Virginie Razzano 6-2, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko bt Lucie Safarova 6-4, 7-6(3); Elena Dementieva bt Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2; Tatiana Golovin bt Anne Kremer 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze bt Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-4; Patty Schnyder bt Alla Kudryavtseva 6-2, 6-0; Dinara Safina bt Camille Pin 6-1, 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova bt Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Ai Sugiyama bt Sybille Bammer 6-2, 7-6(3); Sania Mirza bt Eleni Daniilidou 7-6(1), 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik bt Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-1.

At Washington: Legg Mason Classic (second round): Tommy Haas bt Alejandro Falla 6-3, 6-2; Michael Russell bt Wesley Whitehouse 7-6(1), 4-1 (retd.); Thomas Johansson bt Arnaud Clement 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Julien Benneteau bt Kei Nishikori 6-2 , 6-3; Michael Berrer bt Mardy Fish 7-6(4), 6-4; John Isner bt Benjamin Becker 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(6); Wayne Odesnik bt Juan Martin Del Potro 3-6, 7-6(10), 6-3; Radek Stepanek bt Paul Goldstein 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Vince Spadea bt Wesley Moodie 7-6(5), 7-6(3); Ivo Karlovic bt Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-3.

At Sopot: ATP Prokom Open (second round): Gilles Simon bt Boris Pashanski 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Jose Acasuso bt Sergio Roitman 6-4, 6-4; Florian Mayer bt Olivier Patience 6-1, 6-1; Igor Andreev bt Michat Przysiezny 7-5, 6-4.

At Stockholm: WTA Nordic Light Open (second round): Tsvetana Pironkova bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 6-4; Vera Dushevina bt Emma Laine 6-3, 6-3; Emilie Loit bt Virginia Ruano 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(7); Julia Goerges bt Klara Zakopalova 0-6, 6 -2, 7-6(4); Agnieszka Radwanska bt Marta Domachowska 6-0, 6-3. — Agencies

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