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Sania stuns Pennetta

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Sania Mirza.

New Delhi: Indian ace Sania Mirza shocked fifth seed Flavia Pennetta in straight sets to advance to the second round of the $ 175,000 Ordina Open tennis tournament in s’Hertogenbosh, the Netherlands on Monday.

Sania shrugged off her disappointing first match loss at DFS Classic last week and went all out against her Italian opponent to register a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win in one hour and 12 minutes in the first round.

Breaks aplenty

Both the players offered chances to each other as the match witnessed a lot of breaks.

The results:

At s’Hertogenbosh: Den Bosch Open: Women (first round): Sania Mirza bt Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-3; Angelique Kerber bt Klara Zakopalova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Sara Errani bt Anne Keothavong 7-6(5), 6-2; Camille Pin bt Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3; Mariya Koryttseva bt Arantxa Rus 6-4, 6-4.

Men (first round): Richard Gasquet bt Olivier Rochus 6-2, 7-6(3); Marc Gicquel bt Matwe Middelkoop 6-4, 6-1; Juan Martin Del Potro bt Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-1; Marcel Granollers bt Kristof Vliegen 6-0, 1-0 (retd.); David Ferrer bt Jesse Huta Galung 6-2, 6-3; Steve Darcis bt Florent Serra 7-5, 6-3; Rainer Schuettler bt Michael Berrer 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4; Mario Ancic bt Ivo Minar 6-1, 7-6(0); Igor Andreev bt Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-3; Jurgen Melzer bt Victor Hanescu 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-4. — Agencies

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