Paris Indoor Open: Sania enters 2nd round in singles

She defeated No.6 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy to enter the next round in the singles event of the Paris Indoor Open.

Sania Mirza defeated No.6 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) to enter the next round in the singles event of the Paris Indoor Open.

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This is Sania's first tournament after the Australian Open in which she lost in the second round. Sania is currently ranked 32nd in the world.

On Tuesday, Sania Mirza made a successful return to the courts with a straight-set victory in the women's doubles first round at the $600,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Paris, France, on Monday.

Sania, who took a week off after the Australian Open Grand Slam to recuperate from her left-knee tendinitis, combined with Liezel Huber of South Africa to defeat Liga Dekmeijere of Latvia and Jasmin Woehr of Germany 6-1 6-4 in the Tier 2 hard court event.

The 19-year old Indian is slated to play Flavia Penetta, the Italian sixth seed, in the singles first round of the 32-draw event which has home favourite and Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo and compatriot Mary Pierce as the top two seeds.

Sania, despite the lay-off, saw her ranking move up two places to be 32 after the weekly updates on the WTA computer.