Mirza Meets Expectations in Opener at WTA Kolkata

"I am satisfied with my performance, but it wasn't as easy as the scoreline makes one feel," Mirza said. "It was just that I played better when I needed the most."

Questioned about her six double faults over eight service games, the teen unloaded on the media -- "You people are never satisfied. Yes I did commit double faults. But what is more important is that I never got broken."

Other seeds into the second round Tuesday were (4) Maria Elena Camerin (d. (Q) Chakravarthi, bagel in the second), (5) Antonella Serra Zanetti (d. (Q) Chuang), and (8) Rika Fujiwara (d. Parra Santonja in three).

Un-seeds into the second round were Indian U.S. citizen Sunitha Rao (d. (WC) N.Uberoi in three), Hungarian Melinda Czink (d. Salerni), Swede Sofia Arvidsson (d. Tanasugarn), and Spanish wildcard Virginia Ruano Pascual (d. (6) Pous Tio from a set down).

The excitement surrounding the Indian Bhambri sisters was somewhat stifled when the siblings were pounded 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round of the doubles by top seeds Elena Likhovtseva/Anastasia Myskina while the Uberoi sisters, Neha and Shikha, advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Edina Gallovits and Kaia Kanepi.

Scheduled for Wednesday are Voskoboeva vs. Azarenka, Sprem vs. Dominikovic, S.Uberoi vs. Fujiwara, Czink vs. Mirza, Myskina vs. Gallovits, Pratt vs. Bammer, Fedak vs. Likhovtseva, and Kanepi vs. Ruano Pascual.