London, June 18 (IANS) Sania Mirza has been seeded 32nd among women in the singles draw in Wimbledon Championships starting here at the All England Club on June 23. The seeding for the Grand Slam event was announced Wednesday.

Sania upsets Pennetta; Bopanna advances

Hertogenbosch: Sania Mirza shocked fifth seed Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Ordina Open here on Monday.

There was good news for India in the men’s section as well, with Rohan Bopanna advancing to the second round of the Wimbledon warm-up event on grass.

New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic has knocked over another rising name in world tennis to advance to the third round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham.

Erakovic continued her outstanding form with a 6-3 6-0 defeat of Indian world No 33 Sania Mirza in a lop-sided second-round encounter at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

BIRMINGHAM, June 13: Qualifier Sunitha Rao gave a scare to fifth seed Alona Bondarenko before accepting defeat in a gruelling three-setter in the third round of women’s singles in the $200,000 DFS Classic here.

Birmingham: India’s Sania Mirza struggled in her comeback match and bowed out from the WTA DFS Classic with a straight set loss to Marina Erakovic of New Zealand here Wednesday.

Erakovic pulled off the lop-sided contest 6-3, 6-0 in just an hour to enter the third round of the $200,000 Tier III event.