Sania Mirza of India signs autographs after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 17, 2006Sania Mirza beat Victoria Azareka of Belarus in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Kicking off her campaign in style, Sania defeated the 156th ranked qualifier 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the encounter at Show Court no 2 of Melbourne Park.
With this win, the 32-seeded has advanced to the second round of the first Grand Slam of the year.
She will now take on the winner of the first round match between Dutch Michaella Krajicek and Puerto Rican Kristina Brandi.
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