By IANS,
Melbourne : India’s Sania Mirza entered the Australian Open main draw beating Canada’s Stephanie Dubois 6-2, 6-3 in the final qualifying round here Sunday.
Sania, seeded 24th, has slipped to 145th position in the WTA rankings owing to a recurring wrist injury and therefore had to play in the qualifiers.
The first set saw both players struggling with their first serves. There were six break of serves before Sania went up a set in 34 minutes. The Indian had four double faults in the first set and six in total.
Sania then broke Dubois thrice in the second set while dropping her serve once to win the match in 73 minutes.
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