Convincing start for Sania; Paes crashes

Hobart, January 7 : Shrugging off her average outing at the Hopman Cup (and injury also), Sania Mirza started her campaign at the $1,70,000 Moorilla Hobart International with a convincing straight sets victory over unheralded Lourdes Dominguez here today.

The sixth-seed Indian beat the Spaniard qualifier 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Tier IV hard court event.

Sania next faces lucky loser Russian Alla Kudryavtseva, who beat local challenger Monique Adamczak 6-3, 6-2.

Meanwhile, in Sydney, Leander Paes had a bad day in the office as the doubles ace, in his first appearance with Australian Paul Hanley, crashed out of the $ 4,65,000 Medibank International.

Paes-Hanley lost to the fourth-seed Czech pair of Martin Damm — former partner of the Indian ace — and Pavel Vizner 6-7 (5), 4-6 in the first round.

Another Indian in the fray, Mahesh Bhupathi has paired with Mark Knowles and they would open their campaign against the Czech pair of Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych.

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