Sania Mirza ranks 31
The Indian tennis sensation has reached to the best of her career rankings so far. She has managed to secure 31st WTA rank for herself. Sania’s rank picked up because of her good performance in the Bank of West Classic at Stanford. Shahar Pe’er and Sania Mirza won the doubles title after defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Sunday night. Pe’er has lately won the back to back doubles titles at Stanford.
Sania couldn’t win the singles final and was easily defeated by the top seed Anna Chakdetadze of Russia. However there is a good news for both the girls. Anna has reached at number 6 position whereas Sania Mirza, the Indian tennis sensation has acquired 31st ranking in WTA. The 20 year old Sania jumped four places after making her third final appearance at Stanford, that she had attained 2 years ago in October.
Sania enters the second round of French Open
Sania Mirza, the Indian Tennis Queen has entered into the second round of the French Open by having a proud victory over italina Alberta Brianti with 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday.
Sania played wonderfully and her performance was much better that before. She had only one double fault in response to Brianti’s three. Sania also had 21 unforced errors and hit six winners in comparison to the Italian who had 26 unforced errors and four winners.
Now in the second round Sania will be confronted with the seventh seed Serbian Anna Ivanovic who had defeated the Swedish Sofia Arvidsson with a 6-2, 6-0 score.
The Indian tennis sensation has reached to the best of her career rankings so far. She has managed to secure 31st WTA rank for herself. Sania’s rank picked up because of her good performance in the Bank of West Classic at Stanford. Shahar Pe’er and Sania Mirza won the doubles title after defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Sunday night. Pe’er has lately won the back to back doubles titles at Stanford.
Sania couldn’t win the singles final and was easily defeated by the top seed Anna Chakdetadze of Russia. However there is a good news for both the girls. Anna has reached at number 6 position whereas Sania Mirza, the Indian tennis sensation has acquired 31st ranking in WTA. The 20 year old Sania jumped four places after making her third final appearance at Stanford, that she had attained 2 years ago in October.
Sania enters the second round of French OpenSania Mirza, the Indian Tennis Queen has entered into the second round of the French Open by having a proud victory over italina Alberta Brianti with 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday.
Sania played wonderfully and her performance was much better that before. She had only one double fault in response to Brianti’s three. Sania also had 21 unforced errors and hit six winners in comparison to the Italian who had 26 unforced errors and four winners.
Now in the second round Sania will be confronted with the seventh seed Serbian Anna Ivanovic who had defeated the Swedish Sofia Arvidsson with a 6-2, 6-0 score.
Sania in finals of Morocco Open
The ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has made it to the finals of the Morocco Open with her team mate Vania. Sania is not far off from winning her first WTA title this year. She with her American partner Vania King were handed a walkover by Sequera and Pin who were unwell and that enables them enter the doubles final at the Morocco Open in Fes. The top seeded Sania- Vania pair will take on second seeds Andreea Ehrit-Vanc (Romania) and Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) in the final.
Sania Mirza soars high in Morocco
Sania Mirza has become the first Indian to be seeded as number one in the WTA event after she was given top billing in both the singles and doubles competitions of the $145,000 Morocco Open starting on May 21, 2007, Monday.
Sania who was off the courts for quite sometime due to her knee injury has now returned to the court in the Tier IV event and will take on a qualifier who is not yet decided. In the doubles competition, the 20 year old Sania will team up with the American Vania King and the two good players will take on to the unseeded Russian- Ukranian pair of Alla Kudyavatseva and Olga Savchuk in the opening round of the clay-court event.
48th for Sania
After the disgusting World Cup performance by the Indian team there is another bad news for the Indians on the sports front! While the latest WTA rankings which been issued today (9th April, 2007), brought smiles on the Russian and Belgian faces, they provided another cause of concern for the Indian sports lovers as the girl who was holding the Indian flag high in the Tennis world, Sania Mirza, the Indian Tennis Star, has slipped down to the 48th rank from the previous week’s 38th rank in the WTA singles list. This journey, from her career best 31st to 48th can be attributed to the knee injury which is pestering her since the past one month and because of which she has been forced out of action for such a long and critical period of time. Thus, it is now to be seen that whether Sania will be able to regain her career best position after recovering from her knee injury, or will the Indian fans be satisfied with a 48.
The ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has made it to the finals of the Morocco Open with her team mate Vania. Sania is not far off from winning her first WTA title this year. She with her American partner Vania King were handed a walkover by Sequera and Pin who were unwell and that enables them enter the doubles final at the Morocco Open in Fes. The top seeded Sania- Vania pair will take on second seeds Andreea Ehrit-Vanc (Romania) and Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) in the final.
Sania Mirza soars high in Morocco
Sania Mirza has become the first Indian to be seeded as number one in the WTA event after she was given top billing in both the singles and doubles competitions of the $145,000 Morocco Open starting on May 21, 2007, Monday.
Sania who was off the courts for quite sometime due to her knee injury has now returned to the court in the Tier IV event and will take on a qualifier who is not yet decided. In the doubles competition, the 20 year old Sania will team up with the American Vania King and the two good players will take on to the unseeded Russian- Ukranian pair of Alla Kudyavatseva and Olga Savchuk in the opening round of the clay-court event.
48th for Sania
After the disgusting World Cup performance by the Indian team there is another bad news for the Indians on the sports front! While the latest WTA rankings which been issued today (9th April, 2007), brought smiles on the Russian and Belgian faces, they provided another cause of concern for the Indian sports lovers as the girl who was holding the Indian flag high in the Tennis world, Sania Mirza, the Indian Tennis Star, has slipped down to the 48th rank from the previous week’s 38th rank in the WTA singles list. This journey, from her career best 31st to 48th can be attributed to the knee injury which is pestering her since the past one month and because of which she has been forced out of action for such a long and critical period of time. Thus, it is now to be seen that whether Sania will be able to regain her career best position after recovering from her knee injury, or will the Indian fans be satisfied with a 48.
Sania said along with the tremendous support of her family, the encouragement and love of tennis fans in India served as a huge inspiration to do well. "It's a great feeling when people come up and say “I picked up a tennis racquet because of you and because of what you've done”. "You need a role model to look up to, I guess. When you look at someone doing it from your own country, from your own city, you start believing that you can do it too," she said.
Sania ranked 10th in list of all-time tennis beauties
Sania is once again in the spotlight, this time in the ongoing Asian games at Doha where she is now the sole medal hope for Indian tennis after the dismal performance of the men. Sania will team up with Shikha Uberoi in the finals of the women’s team event against the girls from Taipei.
The ever positive Sania has stated that she is playing the best tennis of her life; some would doubt the claim. In 2006, she has rarely gone beyond the 2nd round in most tournaments that she entered. In a nation with an unhealthy obsession with her ATP rankings, this has led to an increased pressure on her. She has responded to it with her typical sauciness and some performance as well. From a high of 32, her rankings have now come to 66.
There is some cheer for her though. The Chinese media, the official Xinhua agency no less, has ranked Sania 10th in their all-time list of most beautiful tennis stars. The list is headed by Argentine sultry hottie Gabriela Sabatini who had the misfortune to play in the Steffi era. The complete list in order reads like Gabriela Sabatini, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Anna Kournikova, Martina Hingis, Daniela Hantuchova, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Sania Mirza.
Sania ranked 10th in list of all-time tennis beauties
Sania is once again in the spotlight, this time in the ongoing Asian games at Doha where she is now the sole medal hope for Indian tennis after the dismal performance of the men. Sania will team up with Shikha Uberoi in the finals of the women’s team event against the girls from Taipei.
The ever positive Sania has stated that she is playing the best tennis of her life; some would doubt the claim. In 2006, she has rarely gone beyond the 2nd round in most tournaments that she entered. In a nation with an unhealthy obsession with her ATP rankings, this has led to an increased pressure on her. She has responded to it with her typical sauciness and some performance as well. From a high of 32, her rankings have now come to 66.
There is some cheer for her though. The Chinese media, the official Xinhua agency no less, has ranked Sania 10th in their all-time list of most beautiful tennis stars. The list is headed by Argentine sultry hottie Gabriela Sabatini who had the misfortune to play in the Steffi era. The complete list in order reads like Gabriela Sabatini, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Anna Kournikova, Martina Hingis, Daniela Hantuchova, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Sania Mirza.
