Sania @Tashkent

Third seed Sania Mirza needed just 48 minutes to win her first-round match at the Tashkent Open on Wednesday. Sania, currently ranked 55 in the world, defeated France’s Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-1. Parmentier, 20, is ranked 206.

Sania got to a quick start, breaking Parmentier twice in the first set and going 3-0 up. There was a brief stutter then as she dropped her serve. Parmentier, however, couldn’t do much as Sania broke her again in the ninth game to take the set. In the second set, Sania again broke Parmentier early to go 2-0 up. The French girl had another chance to come back into the match when she had Sania 0-40 in the next game but she couldn’t force the break. Sania then cantered to her win, winning 16 of the last 18 points of the match, 10 of them in a row.

Mirza next plays Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic. It will be their first meeting on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.