India’s Sania Mirza, along with World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Russia’s Maria Sharapova are among the clutch of top notchers who will feature at the JB Group Classic tennis tournament here Jan 7-10, 2009, it was announced here Thursday.

The tennis star is  apparently seeing South  Indian  actor Navdeep Pallapolu

After her rumoured relationship with Shahid Kapur, sports star Sania Mirza, if sources are to be believed, is dating a new man—Navdeep Pallapolu,  one of the most sought after actors in the Telugu and Tamil film industry.

Sania Mirza, the teenage sensation from Hyderabad has shot to fame and success in a very short time. In February 2005, The 22-year-old tennis player became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. Sania Mirza has been honoured with the Arjuna award by the Indian government for the year 2004.

Recently-crowned World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic heads the list of players who will take part in the JB Group Classic tennis tournament to be held in Hong Kong from January 7 to 10, 2009, according to a media release.

The remaining field will be announced during the course of the year.

MaSha’s traditional Australian Open warm-up event is about to get a little less traditional.

The JB Group Classic, the exhibition event held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park each January, has revamped the competition to add a little patriotic spice to proceedings.