Sania Mirza has put up a great comeback in the pre-quaterfinals of the highly rewarding Pacific Life , Indian Wells Open. Sania beat Shahar Peer from Israel in a thrilling three set match.

After losing the first set in the tie-break, Sania held her nerves and never gave up any easy points to take the next two sets 7-5 and 6-3. Sania is seeded number 21 in this tournament, while her ATP ranking before the tounament started was 32. Shahar Peer is also Sania’s former doubles partner, whom she has played with in previous Grandslam tournaments as well.

Thats not all, Sania has continued her impressive showing in the doubles event to reach the same stage there as well. The 21-year-old Indian who is now partnering with Bethanie Mattek from the USA managed to beat Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova in a thrilling three setter match. The last set was won by the Indian-US pair 10-7 which takes them to the quarters.