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She was seeded fifth and played former World No. 1 ( and newly returned to competitive tennis ) Martina Hingis in a much hyped first round match.
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She next participated in the Wimbledon tournament, where for the first time since 1997 she was not seeded.
She defeated her first two opponents, 14th seeded Maria Kirilenko and Chanelle Scheepers, in three tight sets before crushing 8th seeded Errani in the third round.
She defeated Clijsters ( who was seeded second ) in a semifinal 6 – 4, 7 – 6 ( 4 ) but lost the final to Mauresmo.
She also became the 1st Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam event at the 2006 Australian Open.
She beat Katarina Srebotnik in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in 10 years, where she lost to fifth seeded Elena Dementieva.
She then fell to Marion Bartoli of France, seeded 9th in a very close epic match with Bartoli edging the win 5 – 7 6 – 4 9 – 7.
She then bowed out to 10th seeded Serena Williams in the third round of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open.
She won the title dropping only 2 sets the entire tournament, defeating a seeded player along the way.
She went on to enter the qualifying draw of the 2011 Cincinnati Open, but despite being seeded 10th, she lost in the first round against Olga Govortsova.
She made the semifinals in Hobart, upsetting the top seeded Marion Bartoli in the quarter finals, before falling to her doubles partner Jarmila Groth.
She then fell in the first round of 2011 UNICEF Open to Kimiko Date-Krumm, However she rebounded by reaching the third round of the 2011 Wimbledon, evenutally being stopped by the seventh seeded Serena Williams.
She defeated second seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinals and fourth seeded Elena Dementieva in the semifinals before losing to Anna Chakvetadze in the three-set final.
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