Ivanovic crushes injured Mirza
Ivanovic crushes injured Mirza 
From correspondents in Paris
Former Australian Captain May 31, 2007
INDIA’S Sania Mirza was sent packing from the French Open on Thursday losing 6-1 6-4 in just 64 minutes to Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic in a second round tie.
The 20-year-old from Hyderabad, who once again had heavy strapping around her right knee, was no match early on for the power-hitting of the No.7 seed and she ceded the first set in just 23 minutes.
She steadied
the ship by holding her serve after a marathon opening game to the second set and shook Ivanovic at times with some of her trademark bludgeoning forehands.
Mirza stayed the pace until 4-4 when Ivanovic profitted from some loose play on the Indian’s part to dominate the rallies.
She grabbed the vital break of serve she needed after forcing Mirza on to the back foot from where she slapped a despairing forehand long.
Ivanovic made no mistake in wrapping up the win on her next service game concluding it with a backhand drive down the line.
The 19-yearold Ivanovic, who scored the biggest win of her young career in taking the German Open title last week, goes on to a third round tie against Romanian qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru.
Her path seems to be clear through to a potential quarter-final clash against No.3 Svetlana Kuznetsova, her victim in the Berlin final.
For Mirza there was the consolation of having made it past the first round at Roland Garros for the first time in three attempts and she will now turn her attentions towards preparing for her third Wimbledon campaign.
Agence France-Presse