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ZURICH: India’s Sania Mirza was competitive against Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands for the first three games, but then lost nine straight games as Krajicek’s stronger serve and greater consistency in the rallies earned her a 6-1, 6-4 victory, in the first round of the Zurich Open here on Monday.

Meanwhile, at the Madrid Masters, big-serving Ivo Karlovic took out mountain-climbing Russian Marat Safin as he bundled the 2004 champion out 6-3, 6-4. The 57-minute rout was signed and sealed by the powerful Croatian with his 17th ace, slightly below his running average of 20-plus per match.

The results: At Madrid (Madrid Masters): First round: Ivo Karlovic bt Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Kiefer bt Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro bt Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-4; Mario Ancic bt Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-2; Marcos Baghdatis bt Andrei Pavel 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez bt Filippo Volandri 6-3, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco bt Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-1.

At Zurich (Zurich Open): First round: Tatiana Golovin bt Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-4; Alona Bondarenko bt Timea Bacsinszky 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Michaella Krajicek bt Sania Mirza 6-1, 6-4. — Agencies

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