Eleni Daniilidou of Greece won the Hobart International on Friday after her opponent, Russian Vera Zvonareva, withdrew from the final because of an injury.
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina stormed into the second round of the Australian Open women's doubles with a comprehensive 6-0, 6-2 victory over Greece's Eleni Daniilidou and Alexandra Panova of Russia, in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Fixtures from the US Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches
Second seed Vera Zvonareva overpowered Ashley Harkleroad 6-2, 6-1 to set up a final with Greece's Eleni Daniilidou at the Hobart International on Thursday.
Sania Mirza and Australian partner Alicia Molik beat the unseeded Greco-German pair of Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Woehr 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 while Rohan Bopanna and American-Indian Rajeev Ram ousted the British-American duo of James Auckland and Sam Querrey 6-1, 7-6(4) to advance to the second round at the Australian Open.
Top seed Venus Williams beat Flavia Pennetta while the Russian accounted for Eleni Daniilidou of Greece in Saturday's semi-finals.
The Indian ace overcame a hesitant start to beat the Greek and make the third round of the San Diego Classic.
The 31st-ranked Indian, who claimed victory in just over two hours, will now take on Elenie Daniilidou of Greece in the second round of the Tier-I event.
Greece's Eleni Daniilidou caused the biggest upset on the opening day of the Amelia Island championship when she cruised to a 6-0 6-4 victory over French 10th seed Marion Bartoli on Monday.
The Indian ace defeated wild card Eleni Daniilidou of Germany 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 in the first round match on Tuesday.\n\n
While Mahesh Bhupathi suffered disappointment in the doubles as well as mixed doubles
Sania Mirza entered the main draw after Chanda Rubin pulled out with an ankle inflammation at the WTA event.
The 31-year-old American swept to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Eleni Daniilidou at the Bali Classic.
Twenty nine years after winning her first grand slam title, Martina Navratilova swept to her 57th on Sunday.
Joining her in the last four stage are France's Camille Pin, American Jill Craybas and Russia's Vera Zvonareva.
Unseeded Frenchwoman Pierce upset Greek 14th seed Eleni Daniilidou to march into the Wimbledon third round.
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