Sania Mirza recorded her maiden singles win at the French Open by beating Italian Alberta Brianti in the first round here on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old Indian, who had stumbled at the first hurdle in her earlier two attempts, drubbed Brianti 6-1, 6-1 to storm into the second round at the Roland Garros.
The Hyderabadi girl saved two breakpoints in the opening game but that was the only time she found herself in trouble in the match that last only 54 minutes.
The first Indian to win a WTA title slammed 54 winners, as against Brianti's 30, and three aces. Sania's win was all the more creditable as she came into the tournament with a 0-2 win-loss record since returning from a 2-1/2 month-long injury lay-off.
She got her first break by hitting an on-the-run forehand winner down the line to go up 3-0. Brianti, who had a 1-0 head-to-head record against her rival before the game, held her serve then to make it 1-3.
But it was a while before she tasted success again. Sania was in scorching form, belting winners on both flanks and won the next seven games.
She next faces Serbia's  rising star Ana Ivanovic who beat Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-0.