Sania Mirza gets a wild card in Dubai

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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is set to return to Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after recovering from a calf injury. 

 

Sania, who had to cut short her campaign at the Australia Open in January due to a calf injury, has been given the go-ahead by her doctors.  

She and Carolina Garcia of France will face Ella Kudryavtseva of Russia and Katerina Srebotnik of Slovenia in the first round of the doubles category.

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