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Monday, 21 March 2011 |
 India’s Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia turned their off-court friendship into a tennis partnership when they clinched their first premier series title as a pair on Saturday, bagging the $4.5 million WTA tournament in Indian Wells.
The Indo-Russian combine dispatched the seeded American duo of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy 6-0, 7-5 in the final to cap a fine fortnight at the Tennis Garden arena where they stormed to the title without dropping a set.
Sania and Elena, who were quarterfinalists at Dubai and Doha last month, were unseeded in Indian Wells. The 24-year-olds got off to a blistering start, pocketing the first set in 25-minutes. However, they were down 1-5 in the second set before they reeled off six games in a row.
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Saturday, 19 March 2011 |
 Indian Wells: India's Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia blasted past Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinals of the $4.5-million Indian Wells WTA event on Thursday.
In the title round on Saturday, the Indo-Russian pairing, who are yet to drop a set in the tournament, will play the American combine of Bethanie-Mattek Sands and Meghan Shaugnessy. |
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Monday, 07 March 2011 |
 Sania Mirza rose 14 spots to stand at 106 with 628 points, in women’s singles rankings released by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) on Monday.
The dazzling tennis star, this week, suffered a 6-0, 6-1 defeat against Serb Jelena Jankovic during the second round of the Qatar Open, in Doha.
Somdev Dev Varman stood at No. 93 after slipping 14 points with 555 ranking points, in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking chart.
He bowed to Roger Federer 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Dubai Championships, earlier this week. |
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Thursday, 03 March 2011 |
 Sania Mirza rose 14 spots to stand at 106 with 628 points, in women’s singles rankings released by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), on Monday.
The tennis star, this week, suffered a 6-0, 6-1 defeat against Serb Jelena Jankovic during the second round of the Qatar Open, in Doha.
Somdev Dev Varman stood at No. 93 after slipping 14 points with 555 ranking points, in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking chart.
He bowed to Roger Federer 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Dubai Championships, earlier this week. |
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011 |
Many online sportsbooks are streaming Sania Mirza v Bojana Jovanovski live on 22 February 2011 from 23:30 GMT.
Our recommended online streaming providers which are showing free tennis live streams are bet365 and Paddypower
To watch the bet365 live stream of Sania Mirza v Bojana Jovanovski simply go to the site, sign-in or register (it's free), click on Sports > Live Streaming and watch & bet on the game. Bet365's live streaming player is the best in the business and you have several options to watch live games including watching the feed as a stand alone player (just like on TV) or watching the live feed in their in-play betting tennis console. This is neat as it allows you to watch the game and whilst it progresses see the scores and the changing odds as the traders react to play. |
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Saturday, 19 February 2011 |
 Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband will have their love for sports really tested should arch rivals India and Pakistan meet during the ICC Cricket World Cup that gets under way from tomorrow.
"Being sports people we both really enjoy sports. Even my uncles and my father have played sports at some level. So I've always followed cricket. And when India was playing Pakistan [in the Asia Cup] he [Malek] was supporting Pakistan and I was rooting for India," Mirza told media on the sidelines of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open.
"It's almost like a fun thing that we compete with each other and we have bets [whenever India and Pakistan play]. This is because we love sports that much. We enjoy healthy competition," she added.
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Monday, 17 January 2011 |
 Sania Mirza booked a berth in the women's singles main draw of the Australian Open with an easy straight sets victory over Canada's Stephanie Dubois, here on Sunday.
The 24th seed Indian triumphed 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 13 minutes in the third and final round of the qualifying competition.
Sania had to go through the qualifying route due to low ranking as she has slipped to 145th spot due injuries last season.
Sania dropped her serve twice in the first set but the Canadian offered more chances as the Indian converted four of five to put her nose ahead. |
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 |
 It was a firm, but quietly spoken declaration. "I'm in the best shape of my life," Sania Mirza, in the midst of a comeback run, said. "I'm striking the ball better than I have in the last 18-months, feeling it better. I can still be a lot better, I know, and that's where my focus is."
The 24-year-old Indian, who arrived in Auckland early on Monday to kick-start her 2011 campaign at the $220,000 ASB Classic, starting January 3, has reason to be upbeat about her fortunes after an injury ravaged 2010 threatened to halt her career. Despite the reverses, Sania signed off the year on a high in Dubai 10 days ago where she clinched the $75,000 ITF event. The title triumph helped Sania climb more than 20 places in the WTA rankings to 141. |
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Monday, 22 November 2010 |
 The Indian hopes of a gold medal in the Asian Games women's singles tennis event were dashed when Sania Mirza settled for a bronze after losing to third seed Akgul Amanmuradova in the semifinals on Sunday.
Sania lost the long-drawn-out battle, that lasted two hours and 49 minutes, against the big-serving Uzbek rival 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-6 by committing a number of forehand errors to exit from the competition.
In the other semifinal, China's Peng Shui shocked top seed Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 7-6 (6) 3-6 6-2 to advance to the gold medal match against Amanmuradova.
Both the losing semifinalists, Sania and Date-Krumm, won bronze medals as there is no play-off for third place.
Sania committed five double faults when she was serving for the first set at 5-4. Later she led 6-2 in the tie-break before it became 6-6 before she finally clinched it 9-7. |
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Thursday, 28 October 2010 |
 Tennis star Sania Mirza believes that the day is not far when Ranchi, hometown of India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will produce a top-class tennis player.
"I will pray that a tennis player should emerge from Ranchi as M S Dhoni emerged for cricket," said Sania, who inaugurated a tennis academy here today.
"I have heard a lot about Ranchi and I had a wish to see the town, and I grabbed the opportunity when I was invited for the inauguration of this tennis academy," she added.
Sania also hoped that the academy, which will start with 50 budding talents, would throw up good tennis players in the days to come.
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