Indian tennis ace, Sania Mirza and her French partner Caroline Garcia are slated to play their pre-quarter women's doubles match at the Dubai open later this evening. The Sania-Garcia combine will take on the fifth seeded duo of Saisai Zheng of China and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the round of 16. 

Yesterday, the Indo-French pair registered a hard-fought win over Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik to advance to the pre-quarterfinals, beating their Russian opponents 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 in the first round match. The Sania-Garcia combine will now meet the fifth seeded duo of Saisai Zheng of China and Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic in the round of 16.