Sania Mirza will play 87th ranked Alberta Brianti in the first round at Roland Garros this year. Sania will be favourite to go through against the little known Italian player, who turned 27 earlier last month. She has played 7 tournaments this year winning a total of 3 matches. She lost in the first round of the Australian Open this year as well as the French Open last year.
Sania is ranked 52nd in the world and is unseeded for the tournament. She has played in the French Open twice and lost in the first round both times. She returned from injury recently and has not been in the best of form losing early in the last two tournaments she played in. She should be a clear favourite against Brianti.
She has a potentially difficult second round tie against 7th seeded Serbian, Ana Ivanovic. Also in her part of the draw are 12th seed Daniela Hantuchova and 3rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who she could come up against in the quarter-finals. You can come back anytime to check the progress she makes throughout the tournament, which begins on Monday.
Sania Mirza will be making history when she goes out to play her first WTA event after a long lay-off. She will be the first Indian tennis player to go into a WTA event as top seed.