Sania back with a win

Sania Mirza made a successful return to the courts with a straight-set victory in the women8217;s doubles first round at the 600,000 WTA Tour tennis event in Paris today.

Sania, who took a week off after the Australian Open to recuperate from her left-knee tendinitis, combined with Liezel Huber of South Africa to defeat Liga Dekmeijere of Latvia and Jasmin Woehr of Germany 6-1, 6-4 in the Tier 2 hard court event.

Sania is slated to play Flavia Penetta, the Italian sixth seed, in the singles first round of the 32-draw event. Sania, despite the lay-off, saw her ranking move up two places to be 32 after the weekly updates on the WTA computer.