Sania Mirza

Sania slips to 91st in WTA rankings

Sania Mirza’s lost 21 places to be placed 91st in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.
Sania, who is suffering from a wrist injury, was at the 70th position last week. The Indian has seen a massive dip in her rankings since undergoing a wrist surgery in April.
She made an […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI: SL struggling

Sri Lanka chose to bat first after winning the toss against India in the 5th ODI at the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo.
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However, their progress came to nought as the Indian bowlers kept a tight leash on things. Jayasuriya departed early to a delivery from Zaheer Khan but then Warnapurna and Udawatte tried to stabilize things […]

Sania pulls out of US Open

Sania Mirza today pulled out of the US Open, as she is yet to recover from a nagging wrist injury. The Hyederabadi player has been advised a three-week rest by her doctor while the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year kicks off from Monday.
“Sania Mirza has been advised complete rest for an initial […]

Sania’s rankings dip further

Sania Mirza’s WTA rankings fell further due to her woeful Olympic performance and as a result, she dropped two places to 65th in the singles chart of the latest WTA tennis rankings issued on Monday.
After getting a bye in the first round, the 21-year-old Indian was forced to retire from her second round match in […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Sania-Sunitha out

Injured Sania Mirza alongwith half-fit Sunitha Rao showed great courage by taking to the court in the women’s doubles tennis match during the second round of Beijing Olympics 2008 where they played the Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina.
Although the Indian pair started of very well by taking the first three games, […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Tennis

India’s top-ranked women tennis player Sania Mirza retired from the first round of women’s singles event at the Beijing Olympics against Czech Iveta Benesova.
Sania was trailing 1-6, 1-2 when she retired from the match, as she aggravated an injury from the last year. The Czech holds a 3-0 record in her previous three meetings […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Tennis begins Monday

India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will look to regain their old chemistry when they begin their quest for that elusive Olympic medal in men’s doubles as they take on talented Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon of France in the opening round at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre on Monday.
Despite being seeded, the duo has […]

Sania crashes out in the second round

Sania Mirza crashed out of the Nordea Nordic Light Open with a gruelling three-set loss to Czech Iveta Benesova in the second round. In an over two-hour contest, Benesova rallied to beat the sixth seeded Sania 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday.
The win not just ensured the 25-year-old Benesova a place in the quarter-finals of […]

Mixed start for Sania

Sania Mirza had mixed luck on the opening day of the Nordea Nordic Light Open as she advanced to the second round of the singles competition but made a stunning first-round exit from the doubles event here on Wednesday.
Seeded sixth in singles, Sania beat Frenchwoman Emilie Loit 6-3 6-2 to set up a clash with […]

Sania slips to 50th

Sania Mirza’s bad run on the tour took a heavy toll on her singles ranking as she dropped 15 places to plummet to 50 in the latest WTA list issued on Monday.
The Hyderabadi girl made a comeback after recovering from a wrist injury but is still struggling to get back to winning mode and crashed […]

Sania in doubles semis

Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek overcame a fighting Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva to book a semifinal berth in the $600,000 WTA East West Bank Classic tournament.
The Indo-American pair, seeded second, pipped the Russian duo 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 in one hour and 14 minutes in the quarter-finals of the Tier II hard […]

Sania out in second round..again

Sania Mirza once again lost in the second round stage or a tournament when she lost in straight sets to Meng Yuan at the $600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament.
The 16th seed Indian lost to her unseeded Chinese opponent 4-6, 3-6 in one and a half hour contest to crash out of the hard court […]

Sania-Bethanie enter quarters of EWB Classic

The Indo-American pair of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek entered the quarterfinals of the USD 600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament in Los Angeles after defeating the Americal-Russian pair of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
They next face the Russian pair of Elena Versina and Vera Zvonareva in this hard court […]

Sania in EWB 2nd round

Sania Mirza finally gained some semblance of form ahead of the last quarter of the current season as she entered the 2nd round at the East West Bank tournament at Los Angeles.
Sania, seeded 16th, beat her Czech opponent 6-3 6-4 in the first round of the hard court event in one hour and seven minutes.
She […]

Sania slips in rankings

Owing to her poor form in 2008, Sania Mirza has slipped up in the latest WTA rankings.
Her season has been continously been hampered by injuries and when fully recovered, she doesn’t have any match fitness to perform at her best level. This was evident in the last tournament she played, when she crashed out of […]

Sania out of doubles too

Sania Mirza’s misery in the WTA Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament continued as after her early loss in the singles event, the Indian star made a first round exit from doubles as well. Sania and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze were brushed aside by unheralded Czech pair of Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova […]

Sania crashes out of Stanford Open

Sania Mirza’s woeful run of form continued as the Indian ace crashed out of the WTA Bank of the West Classic tournament with a straight-set opening round defeat at the hands of British qualifier Anne Keothavong in Stanford, United States.
The world number 33 Sania went down 6-7 (4), 1-6 to number 83 Keothavong in a […]

Sania out of Wimbledon

Sania Mirza’s bid for a Wimbledon title ended on Wednesday after she and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek lost to Williams sisters Venus and Serena in straight sets in the quarterfinals. This quarterfinal appearance was Sania’s best performance in Wimbledon.

The 13th seeded Indo-American pair lost 4-6, 3-6 to their more fancied 11th seeded opponents. Sania […]

Sania-Bethanie to play Williams sisters in Wimbledon quarters

The third round women’s doubles round turned good for the Indian-American pair of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek as they beat the Uzbek-Belarussian pair of Akgul Amanmuradova and Darya Kustova. The 13th seeded Indo-American pair was leading 4-6, 6-4, 2-0 when their opponents forfeit the match.
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek will now play American sisters […]

Indian mixed doubles hopes dashed

India’s hope to win a mixed doubles title at the ongoing Wimbledon has ended with all the Indian contenders facing a second round exit.
India’s Leander Paes teamed with Australia’s Rennae Stubbs lost in the second round of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon on Saturday night. The Indo-Australian 10th seeded pair were beaten by the […]