Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza [ Images ] has received a wild card to play in the Dubai [ Images ] Open tournament, featuring the world's top players, beginning on February 28.

"It's confirmed that Sania was given a wild card and was officially communicated to us," Sania's father Imran Mirza said in Hyderabad, on Thursday.

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Imran said it will be a tough outing for World No. 99 Sania against the top players who will be playing in the competition with a cut-off ranking of 36.

"The tournament will give her a nice exposure with almost all the top 30 in WTA rankings taking part including the Williams sisters, World No. 1 Lindsay Devenport and the Russian duo of Anastasia Myskina [ Images ] and Svetlana Kuznetsova [ Images ].

Sania, who created history by becoming the first Indian to win a WTA tour event in Hyderabad, after advancing to the third round in the Australian Open [ Images ], will leave for Dubai on Friday, Imran said.