New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Sania Mirza will take on Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain in the singles first round of the 3.1-million dollar Nadaq-100 Open WTA Tour tennis event in Miami, USA.
The main draw matches begin tomorrow.
It will be another major step for the 18-year old Hyderabadi girl as the Tier 1 tournament belongs to the level next only to the Grand Slams.
The Florida event, with a draw size of 128, will be played alongside its ATP Tour equivalent, the Tennis Masters Series. It will be one of the strongest fields with 18 of the top 20 players competing.
Sania, for whom it will be only her second event at this level after the Dubai Open early this month where she lost in the quarterfinals, said her inured ankle felt much better now.
"The ankle is 80 percent fit, and I have been able train well," Sania, the first Indian woman to win a WTA title, told PTI.
Sania is in the top half of the draw which also includes current and former world number ones, Amelie Mauresmo of France as the top seed and Kim Clijsters of Belgium, her Dubai Open vanquisher Jelena Jankovic.
Should she survive the first two rounds, Sania could run into reigning French Open champion, world number five Anastasia Myskina. PTI
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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