Wednesday, July 20 2005 14:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Sania Mirza created a flutter knocking out seventh seed Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany, in straight sets, in her opening round match in the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open tennis tournament at Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Indian teenager sent her opponent, ranked 36, packing 6-4 6-3 to make a great start in the USD 170,000 Tier III hard court tournament yesterday (July 19, 2005), according to information received here today (July 20, 2005).

In the second round, Sania, world number 70, will face Kristiana Brandi of Puerto Rico, who beat American wild card entrant Jessica Kirkland 6-3 6-1.