Sania Mirza Moved to Second Round | Tennis Update

Sania Mirza

India's Sania Mirza Move to second round by defeating Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan 6-4 6-4.

Now Sania will face World Number 2 Venus Williams.

Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva also moved to Third Round.

Fourth seed Nadia Petrova beat Austrian Patricia Mayr 6-1 2-6 6-2.

Sixth seed Marion Bartoli defeated Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 6-1 6-3 and seventh seed Dominika Cibulkova defeated Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-4 6-0.

WTA - Maria Sharapova Out of Paris Open | Sharapova Shoulder Injury

Maria Sharapova

Former World No.1 Maria Sharapova has been out of Paris open due to shoulder Injury, Russian as not able to defend her Australian Open title last month, dropping to 17th in the WTA rankings.

World number one Serena Williams of the United States and Russian Olympic champion Elena Dementieva have confirmed they will take part in the tournament starting on Monday February 9, organisers added