The elder of the Williams' sisters is on a comeback trail and the third round clash against the hard hitting Mirza tested her to the limit. However she overcame starting trouble to level the first set at 6-6 after being down 3-5. The tie-breaker was a smooth sail as she served it out 7-0. Venus now plays the winner of the game between Na Li of China and Marta Domachowska of Poland in the next round.

The 21-year-old Mirza, who confessed to contemplating quitting tennis following a row over the Indian flag, committed 30 unforced errors. In the end it was these errors that proved to be the difference.

"Obviously, I'm a little disappointed because I felt I had the first set and should have closed it out at 5-4," Sania said after the game. "I'm very critical about my game. I think I'm one of the worst servers in the game."

The women's field is now wide open at Melbourne after second-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova was knocked out by Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round yesterday.

In the men's section World number one and defending champion Roger Federer survived a scare as he overcame Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-1 10-8 in a marathon match that lasted four hours and 27 minutes.

 

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