After turning out an historic performance at the US Open, advancing farther than any Indian woman before her, Sania Mirza ended her run in a 6-2 6-1 loss to first-seeded Maria Sharapova.
After much hype, the loss was a little disappointing, but even so, nobody can deny that Mirza’s effort at the tournament exceeded everyone’s expectations. [...]
After making history at the Grand Slam yesterday, Sania Mirza has defeated her second opponant, Maria Bartoli, to advance to the third round of the tourney.
Sania’s second win, like the first, was a major battle, each contestant giving a good performance; however, like the first, it was also contingent on Mirza’s capitolization on [...]
Battling numerous physical problems and her own mechanical errors, Sania Mirza overcame 65th-ranked rival Mashona Washington to become the first Indian in history to win a match at the US Open Grand Slam. The match, held on Monday at the Flushing Meadows was a true battle of will, rife with mistakes on both players [...]
Hyderabadi tennis sensation Sania Mirza may have to skip next week’s Rogers Cup tournament after pulling a stomach muscle, according to her father. Sania performed well in last week’s Acura Classic, losing in the third round to Nadia Petrova, but managed to break into the Top 50 WTA rankings, while nothing that rankings “seldom matter [...]
I spoke too soon yesterday - Sania Mirza is now ranked 47th on the WTA Tour. She moved up after beating number eight Nadia of Petrova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 at the Acura Classic women’s tournament in San Diego, marking her second win against a top 10 player. Sania is the first Indian since Ramesh [...]
India’s own Sania Mirza climbed five places up the ladder this week, now ranked 59th in the WTA rankings. Although she lost to Wimbledon champ Venus Williams at the Stanford WTA tournament, Sania made a strong showing at the Acura Classic, beating the Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6 in straight sets. Sania also beat Galina [...]
American tennis ace Venus Williams booted Sania Mirza out of the WTA Tournament at Stanford in the second round, winning 3-6, 2-6. Sania said “I had a lot of chances and I should have capitalized on them a bit more,” but admitted Venus’ superiority, stating “I guess that’s why she won Wimbledon.” Venus remarked that [...]
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and partner Yuliana Fedak lost to Kveta Peschke and Emilia Salerni in the doubles semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday. The loss comes after Sania’s defeat by Akiko Morigami of Japan in the singles quarterfinals of the $170,000 hardcourt tournament. However, Sania will be back at it [...]
A patient waiting for a lung transplant at the Global Hospital received a special visit from tennis star Sania Mirza, in attempt to draw attention to the importance of organ donation. Sania visited Ms. Subaigha Saleh Karama Ameri, a 40-year-old woman and member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. The tennis ace paid the visit [...]
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi