Sania cruises into 2nd round of French Open

Sania Mirza cruised into the 2nd round of the French Open by defeating Italian Alberta Brianti 6-1, 6-1 in Paris on Wednesday.

India's Sania Mirza cruised into the second round of the French Open by defeating Italian Alberta Brianti 6-1, 6-1 in Paris on Wednesday.

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The Indian displayed a much-improved performance and had only one double fault in response to Brianti's three. Sania also had 21 unforced errors and hit six winners while the Italian had 26 unforced errors and four winners.

In the second round, Sania will meet seventh seed Serbian Anna Ivanovic, who defeated Swedish Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-0.