Sania Mirza [Images] marked her return from an elbow injury with a fighting victory in the doubles event at the USD 2.1 million WTA Tour Pacific Life Open in California, on Thursday.
The 19-year old, who suffered the injury on her serving arm two weeks ago, partnered Ai Sugiyama of Japan [Images] to defeat Antonella Serra Zanetti of Italy [Images] and Stephanie Foretz of France [Images] 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Tier 1 event at Indian Wells.
Sania, whose world ranking had slipped to 45, had a bye in the singles first round and is scheduled to play a qualifier in the second round.
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