London, June 13: Seeded 14th, Sania Mirza will be hoping to regain her form when she kicks off her singles campaign in the 200,000 dollar DFS Classic at Edgebaston with a first round tie against Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko.
World number 41 Sania makes an appeareance at the WTA Tier III event here following her first round exit from the French Open.
There is a possible third round face-off between Sania and third seed Daniela Hantuchova provided there is no upsets in the way.
Sania, meanwhile, teams up with Italian Francesca Schiavone and the third seeded pair faces Russian Elena Vesnina and Zi Yan of China in the first round.
The organisers are elated with Sania joining the fray and tournament director Marjory Howie said, ''Sania was a tremendously popular player in 2005 and we are delighted to welcome her back again this year where I have no doubt that she will be received with similar enthusiasm.''
Last year, Sania was beaten by eventual finalist Jelena Jankovic who, however, lost to Maria Sharapova in the final. Sharapova has been seeded top in the event.
Source: http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=301989&sid=SPO&ssid=92
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