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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
 In professional sport the toughest miles are rarely recorded. Never applauded. Over a period of time, they become personal milestones, the place where the will scored over a whim.
On Saturday, Sania Mirza lost both her semi-final matches in the AEGON Classic in Birmingham. In the singles, the 22-year-old went down to the 13th seed Magdalena Rybarikova in a tough three-setter. A few hours later, Sania and Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei took the exit in the doubles competition too.
After spending nearly five hours on court, she had her dad (Imran) drive her almost five hours from Birmingham to Eastbourne the same evening for her next meet. They arrived at their destination in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday and Sania took the court against Tatiana Poutchek at 1 pm.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
 Sania Mirza began her grass court campaign with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Tatiana Poutchek at the Aegon Classic on Tuesday, shrugging off a persistent wrist injury that had threatened to end her career.
The 22-year-old from India hit the ball well and moved superbly. She made a rampaging start, breaking serve immediately and then winning a third game that went to eight deuces and which lasted more than a quarter of an hour.
"After what I have been through I am thankful to God that I am back," she said, referring to the multiple problems with the wrist which required surgery and prolonged rehab.
Poutchek, a qualifier from Belarus, grew increasingly frustrated as the match quickly went away from her. She twice broke back in the second set for 1-1 and 2-2 but was unable to ever take the lead. |
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
 She might be used to scoring on the tennis court, but India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza is all set to win the match of her life. This one, of course, involves a love different from the points.
The famous Mirza girl from Hyderabad is reportedly all set to become a pretty bride pretty soon. But she will remain a Hyderabadi and a Mirza as well. That's because Sania is reportedly getting engaged as early as in July to Muhammad Sohrab Mirza, a 23-year-old B.com graduate from Hyderabad.
Sohrab and Sania have known each other for a few years. Their families have been friends. Sohrab is planning to go to the UK to pursue an MBA degree.
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
It was a mixed day for India at the French Open as Leander Paes sailed into pre-quarterfinals of the men's doubles but Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's doubles event.
The 14th seeded Sania and Taipei's Chia-Jung Chuang were knocked out 6-4 6-7 (5) 3-6 by the unseeded Polish pair of Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska here today.
Sania and Chia had a chance to seal the match but they failed to serve it out in the 10th game of the second set and allowed their rivals to fight their way back.
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 |
 Tennis star Sania Mirza is set to marry a Hyderabadi guy. Sania, who is facing severe injuries and declining career, now wants to settle by the beginning of next year.
Sohrab Mirza is a Hyderabad based businessman and Sania is reportedly taking interest in him and talks are in final stage for the marriage, sources believe. There is not much more in tennis circuit for Sania.
According to the reports, Sania tried to do friendship with international tennis player Marat Safin, but it didn’t work as Safin was not interested in the Hyderabadi girl.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
 Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out of French Open women's singles event after losing in straight sets to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva in Roland Garros on Tuesday. Sania went down 4-6 6-7 (3) in a contest lasting a little over an hour and a half.
Sania, who has never gone beyond the second round at Roland Garros, had little match practice going into the clay court event.
The Indian's rustiness was quite evident in the six double faults she committed in the very first set. Sania's failure to convert any of the four break points that she earned only added to her problems.
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
 Indian tennis ace Sainia Mirza is all set to play her opener at the French Open on Tuesday (May 26) where she takes on the unseeded Kazakh Galina Voskoboeva.
Mirza, who is recovering from yet another injury, has seen her ranking fall to her current position of 95 th in the world. But the only Grand Slam to be played on clay, will offer the Hyderabadi the chance to once again start her climb to the top 32 of the game.
Sania reached a career high ranking of 27 in August 2007 but with injuries plaguing her career, Sania has steadily slipped in the singles rankings. |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
 Sania Mirza and her partner Chia-Jung Chuang advanced to the semifinals of the USD 4,500,000 Madrid Open after Russian-Belarussian duo of Victoria Azarenka and Elena Vesnina conceded their quarterfinal match here.
The unseeded Indo-Taipei duo were leading 2-0 in the first set when their opponents pulled out due to an injury in Azarenka's left knee.
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
 India’s Sania Mirza’s first doubles title of the year has helped her jump nine places to 59th in the WTA rankings even as she remained static at 100th in the singles chart issued April 13.
The Indian ace, along with Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Jung Chuang, lifted the $ 220,000 MPS Group Championships’ doubles title here April 12. It was Sania’s eighth doubles title overall but first in more than a year.
In singles, Sania didn’t lose ground despite her first-round exit from the Florida event and held on to the 100th spot with 652 points. |
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 |
 Sania Mirza's good show in the doubles has catapulted her 11 places to the 59th position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.
The 22-year-old Indian along with Chuang Chia-Jung of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) won the MPS Group doubles title in Florida on Sunday.
Chuang jumped three places to be at the 14th spot. The two also reached the semi-final at Miami last week.
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