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Friday, 23 September 2011 |
New Delhi: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Monday broke into the doubles top-10 for the first time in her career as she gained a place after the US Open, where she made the third round along with Russian partner Elena Vesnina.
Sania is now fourth Indian player from the current lot to feature in the doubles top-10. Veteran stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and ever-improving Rohan Bopanna figure in the top-10 in the ATP doubles ranking chart.
Sania won three doubles title in the current calender to take the overall number to 12 trophies. She triumphed at Indian Wells and Charleston with Vesnina and at College Park with Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova.
"Woke up to find out I cracked the top 10 in the world:) thanks each and everyone of you for the support and love all these years," Sania wrote on her twitter page.
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 |
 India's mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out in the opening round of the US Open on Thursday.
The 6th seeded pair lost 3-6, 6-7 to Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak of the Czech Republic.
Earlier, Sania had also crashed out of the women's singles after going down to Israel's Shahar Peer in round 1. She, however, did advance to the 2nd round of women's doubles with partner Elena Vesnina.
Bhupathi will also play in men's double round 2 after having won his first round match with partner Leander Paes. |
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 |
Sania Mirza lost a thrilling women's singles first round match while compatriots Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupathi along with Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistan partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi entered the second round of the men's doubles in the US Open Tennis Championships.
Playing in a packed court 17, Sania and her former doubles partner Shahar Peer engaged themselves in a fierce baseline exchange before the 23rd-seeded Israeli prevailed. Peer wen on to win the match 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1 after more than a two-hour see-saw battle on Tuesday. It was Peer's second win over Sania in their six meetings.
The Israeli was quick to take a 3-1 lead in the first set but Sania, with her blistering returns of serve, broke back to enforce a tie-breaker.
The 64th-ranked Indian again trailed in the tie-breaker but soon levelled the scores at 5-5 with a down-the-line-forehand shot. Two points later, a forehand error from Peer gave Sania the opening set.
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Monday, 04 July 2011 |
 Sania Mirza’s campaign in the Wimbledon Championship ended on Friday as she crashed out in both women’s doubles and mixed doubles events.
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina bowed out of women’s doubles event after going down tamely to Czech Republic’s Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia in straight sets in the semifinals on Friday. |
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Friday, 03 June 2011 |
 Sania Mirza missed out on winning her second Grand Slam title as she and her partner Elena Vesnina lost the French Open women's doubles final to unseeded Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka on Friday.
Unforced errors cost the seventh seed Indo-Russian pair dearly as they lost the summit clash 4-6 3-6 in one hour and 21 minutes at Court Suzanne Lenglen here.
It was a good opportunity for Sania to add a women's doubles title to her already Australian Open mixed doubles trophy, which she won along with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009 but it turned to be an off day for the Indian and her partner Vesnina.
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Thursday, 05 May 2011 |
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina continued their good run at the Madrid Open, storming into the quarter-finals after notching up a straight-set win over Nadia Petrova and Anastasia Rodionova.
The unseeded Indo-Russian combination recorded a 6-3 7-5 win over the Russian-Australian pair in the second round of the euro 3,500,000 clay court event.
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Wednesday, 04 May 2011 |
 Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza was sent packing from the Madrid open following a first-round defeat to Russia's Elena Vesnina.
Sania succumbed 4-6 3-6 in a match that lasted for over an hour without posing any serious threat to her doubles partner.
The Hyderabadi, who looked jittery with her first serve, committed seven double faults.
Sania, however, remains in contention for the doubles event of the euro 3,500,000 tournament as she gears up to face eighth-seeded Czech pair of Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, with Vesnina. |
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 |
 The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is set to invite Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza for a women’s exhibition match in the proposed Indo-Pak tennis series at the Wagah Border.
The PTF revealed that Mirza would also be invited for a ladies’ exhibition match along with the planned ‘Peace Match’ between the Indo-Pak Express- Aisamul Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna.
The PTF has sought permission and security clearance from the government in this regard, following Aisam’s call to hold the match on the Wagah border to foster reconciliation efforts with India.
“We are awaiting the NOC and security clearance for the match,” The Express Tribune quoted PTF Secretary Mumtaz Yusuf, as saying.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011 |
 Pakistan's top-ranked woman tennis player Ushna Suhail has said that she is ready to face Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza at the Wagah Border, if the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) includes a women's event in the proposed Indo-Pak tennis series. Ushna said that although Sania was an experienc
ed player and featured among the top 30 players at international rankings, yet she would like to play a tennis match with the Indian to gain exposure in the sport.
"Playing against Sania will be like a dream come true and it will be a great experience for me," The Nation quoted Ushna, as saying.
She pointed out that exposure is very necessary for players, as it helps them identify their weaknesses at the international level and improve their game and skills.
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Monday, 18 April 2011 |
 Jet-setting across the globe in pursuit of Grand Slams is a dream unique in itself. But trying to balance a marriage and excel on the WTA tour is a really tough challenge.
In India, very few women have attempted breaking traditions by pursuing their sporting careers even after marriage, but their careers have never taken off. Sania Mirza might once again prove to be the path breaker.
On the WTA tour, many women have dared to scale new heights after marriage. Kim Clijsters has obviously taken it to the next level by winning Grand Slam titles even after having a baby. As a married woman, Liezel Huber rose to world No 1 in doubles and still continues to be a force on the tour. But it will be more challenging for Sania because she has cultural and traditional issues to deal with in pursuing her dream. Having said that, I know Sania handles pressure much better than anyone I have seen.
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