This week Alison (WTA-136) makes her comebac kat the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (US $ 7,669,423). In the first qualifying round she will immediately face a difficult opponent.
Alison does net get any gifts at her comeback: she will immediately face the first seed in the qualifying tournament, the Chinese Shuai Peng (WTA-49). The two played against each other once before. In Miami last year, Peng won in two sets.
Alison needs to win two qualifying matches to reach the main draw.