Keothavong eases through

Brit sees off 2007 runner-up in straight sets

Last updated: 16th July 2008

Wimbledon 2008 Day 4 Anne Keothavong

Keothavong: First-round win

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British number one Anne Keothavong is through to the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford after a straight sets win over Sania Mirza.

Keothavong, ranked 82 in the world, had to come through a tough qualifying event to reach the main draw of the competition - and she maintained her fine run by brushing aside last year's runners up 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.

The 24-year-old Brit broke Mirza early in the first set, only for the world number 33 from India to come back into the match to force a tie-break.

Keothavong, though, held her nerve to take the set before racing through the second to set up a second-round tie with sixth-seed Marion Bartoli.

Upsets

It was a day of upsets in California with seeded duo Nadia Petrova and Francesca Schiavone both crashing out.

Russian Petrova, ranked seventh at the tournament, lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, while Aleksandra Wozniak toppled eighth-seed Schiavone 2-6 6-3 6-2.

Patty Schnyder ensured see didn't suffer the same fate as she needed just 44 minutes to breeze past American wild card Amber Liu 6-1 6-1.

Shahar Peer will meet defending champion Anna Chakvetadze in the second round after the Israeli ace recorded a 7-5 6-0 win over Melinda Czink.

Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal will take on Wimbledon finalist Serena Williams in the next round after overcoming Gisela Dulko of Argentina 7-5 7-6 (7-1).