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Sania leads Asian blitz

AFP, Melbourne
China's Li Na and India's Sania Mirza led an Asian blitz into the second round of the Australian Open TUesday, with Japan's Akiko Morigami and the region's top men's player Lee Hyung-Taik joining them.
Li. Asia's top ranked player at 24, needed three sets to get past Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2,4-6,6-4, and said she felt die pace.
"It was very tough out there for me; it always is in the first round of a Grand Slam, "she told AFP. clutching an ice bag to her left knee, which she said "hurts a little".
"But I really wanted to win. I hope to do better than last year. My victory on the Gold Coast (earlier
this month) was good for me, but 1 needed a rest after that.
"Now I'm feeling fine, but I know the next round is going to be hard too."
Li, who won Australian Women's Hardcourt Championships after bouncing back from an injury-plagued 2007, will face Maria Elena Cannerin of Italy, who beat her last year.
Luck though ran out for Li’s Chinese compatriots Peng Shuai andYanZi.
Yan was always going to struggle against six-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and looked in for a thrashing after losing the first set 6-2, but she knuckled down and gave the American a fight before going down 7-5 in the second
Peng also showed spirit against Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, but couldn't finish the job, falling 7-5, 4-6,9-7.
Mirza completed an easy 6-4,6-
2 victory over Uzbekistan wildcard Iroda Tulyaganova. shrugging of a furore in her homeland over a photograph that depicted her resting her bare feet near the national flag.
"It's not easy to deal with things like that off the court, there are some misunderstandings happening." said Mirza, who has previously ran afoul of Muslim funda- , mentalists for wearing short skirts and sleeveless tops on court.
"But I'm at a Slam and the most important thing is toplay tennis."
The 31st seed, who was so rattled by the recent controversy that she considered quitting, next play’s Swiss qualifier Timia Bacsinszky before an expected third round showdown with Venus Williams.
The aggressive Morigami, the world number 49. powered into the second round with a 6-2,6-2 demolition of the Netherlands' Michaella Krajicek, ranked 33, and now plays 27th seed Maria Kirilenko.
"1 was able to play my own tennis," said Morigami. "I knew that my opponent had an injured left wrist and I could see my game through according to plan.
"I have come into this tournament in good condition and this (win) has given me confidence. Hopefully, I can stay in the competition until at least the last 16."
Japanese, Ai Sugiyama, advanced to the second round after Vera Zvonareva retired during their first-round match on Monday.
China's Meng Yuan and Taiwan's Hsieh Sui-Wei also came through their first round matches on Monday.
South Korea's Lee posted a morale-boosting victory over Australian hope Chris Guccione, who made the final of the Sydney International last weekend.
Lee, one of only two Asian men who made the draw, ran out a 7-6 (8/6), 6-3,6-4 winner.
They other men's player here, Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun, was sent packing by France's Marc Gicquel on Monday.