Date:06/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/06/stories/2006100602612100.htm

Sport - Tennis

Sania enters quarterfinals

Tashkent: Sania Mirza overcame Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic to move into the quarterfinals of the $ 145,000 Tashkent Open women's tennis here on Thursday. Third seeded Sania defeated Sromova 6-4, 7-5 in the second round match.

At Tokyo, World No. 1 Roger Federer demolished defending champion Wesley Moodie and entered the Japan Open quarterfinals. The Swiss top seed raced to a lopsided 6-2, 6-1 victory.

The results:

At Tokyo (Japan Open): Men: Third round: Roger Federer bt Wesley Moodie 6-2, 6-1. Second round: Dmitry Tursunov bt Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 6-3, 5-7, 7-5(15); Vince Spadea bt Satoshi Iwabuchi 2-6, 6-2, 6-0; Takao Suzuki bt Paradorn Srichaphan 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-4; Mario Ancic bt Kenneth Carlsen 6-1, 6-4. Women: Second round: Ai Sugiyama bt Vania King 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Youlia Fedossova bt Akiko Morigami 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

At Metz (ATP Moselle Open): Second round: Florent Serra bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(2); Marc Gicquel bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-3. First round: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo bt Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-3; Arnaud Clement bt Xavier Malisse 7-6(3), 6-2; Marat Safin bt Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-4.

At Stuttgart (WTA Porsche Grand Prix): Second round: Elena Dementieva bt Katarina Srebotnik 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Martina Muller 6-1, 6-4. First round: Daniela Hantuchova bt Sybille Bammer 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Tzvetana Pironkova bt Karolina Sprem 6-1, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic bt Mary Pierce 7-6 (7), 6-3; Iveta Benesova bt Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-7(5), 3-0 retd.

At Tashkent: Second round: Sania Mirza bt Hana Sromova 6-4, 7-5; Katerina Bondarenko bt Elena Vesnina 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Maria Elena Camerin bt Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-3; Iroda Tulyaganova bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-1; Anastassia Rodionova bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. — Agencies