DUBAI: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her French partner Caroline Garcia advanced to the women’s doubles second round at the Dubai Open after a hard-fought first round win on Tuesday.
Sania and Garcia beat Russia’s Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 to go through to the round of 16 where they will now face China’s Saisai Zheng and Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Sania had earlier pulled out of the Australian Open with a calf injury and the Dubai Open is her first tournament since then. She had initially withdrawn from the mixed doubles event, before retiring mid-way. (IANS)
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