New Delhi: India's Sania Mirza beat Russia's Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Sania took less than an hour to beat her opponent 6-0, 6-3. She now faces a tough battle ahead in the form of another Russian, 11th seed Nadia Petrova.
Petrova had thrashed unseeded American Vania King 6-0, 6-1 in her first round match.
The 20-year-old was in top form as she took 55 minutes to dispatch her 80th ranked opponent and avenge her Bangalore Open loss last year.
Though Sania, World No. 44, faces a tough task as she meets Petrova for a place in the last 32, she has had the better of her fancied second round opponent the only time they met in San Diego in 2005.
Apart from a last minute hiccup when she lost two match points in the final game, Sania went about her business in clinical fashion against Shvedova.
Sania converted four of the eight break points that came her way and also served well, winning 73 per cent of first serves.
Sania's best Wimbledon outing has been a second round appearance in 2005, while reaching the fourth round of the US Open in the same year stands her best Grand Slam performance.
(With inputs from PTI)
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