By Jilawatan

Fresh from her doubles triumph in a Florida WTA event last week, Sania Mirza will take on Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva in the opening round of the USD one million Family Circle Cup clay-court tennis tournament here.

The Indian has played Karatantcheva once back in 2004, ending up on the losing side. Interestingly, even that was a clay-court tournament.

If Sania manages to avenge the 2004 disappointment, she would find herself up against second seed and multiple grand slam title winner Venus Williams of America in the second round.

Sania is currently ranked 100th in the WTA charts, while Karatantcheva is 133rd.