Sania Mirza beats Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland to enter the women’s singles third round in Australian Open on Thursday.
In a battle lasting for one hour and 44 minutes, Sania got the better of Timea 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.
In the next round, Sania has the uphill task of taking on eighth-seeded Venus Williams of the USA. [...]

Sania Mirza would have found life remarkably more straightforward had she been born in an era when women players wore nothing less than an ankle-length dress, bustle, tie, hat and gloves.
But when the Indian goes on court today in a thigh-length skirt – hardly unusual amid a generation of scantily clad players – it [...]