Sania Mirza, playing her first competitive match since a long injury lay-off, along with her Italian partner Francesca Schiavone reached the doubles quarter-finals of the USD 220,000 WTA Hobart International tournament on Monday.
The 16-year-old Ukrainian star beat Ipek Senoglu of Turkey to win the first senior title of her career in the ITF tournament.
The Indian, who was out of action since playing in the Fed Cup in Seoul, dropped three places in the latest rankings
The 19-year old Hyderabadi next plays Michaela Krajicek in the next round of the WTA Tour event.
Coming back to the Australian Open as defending champion has felt surreal at times for Stanislas Wawrinka but the Swiss fourth seed was all business in his first-round thrashing of Turkish trailblazer Marsel Ilhan.
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