Watson wins in two

Saturday 15th January 2011, 2:29PM GMT.

Heather WatsonHEATHER WATSON has safely negotiated the first qualifying round at the rain-hit Australian Open.

She beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in 57 minutes to book herself a clash against Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko, at 157 ranked just eight places below her in the world.

Watson got 71% of her first serves in against Mladenovic and hit seven aces.


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