Currently, Sania Mirza is ranked 29th in the world, while seeded second at the ongoing Japan Open WTA event. Mirza reached the quarter finals of Japan Open by beating the Australian Casey Dellacqua in the second round. Dellacqua stretched Mirza up to three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the quarters.

Top seed Maria Sharapova ended Indian hope at Acura Classic. Sharapova defeated Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza in two straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in their quarter final match. But the last two weeks was successful for Sania Mirza. Sania had defeated five Top 25 players in last two weeks.