Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis has joined her Indian partner Sania Mirza at the top of the women's doubles rankings, a day after the duo won its second title of the season in Sydney. With 11395 points, the 35-year-old Hingis joined Mirza at the top in the latest WTA rankings released on Friday. Sania and Hingis' awe-inspiring run continued unabated as they lifted their second trophy of the season with the WTA Apia International title after clinching their 30th win in a row.
Top seed Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams expressed disappointment with Sania Mirza's withdrawal from the Tier II Bangalore Open.
The 31st-seed Indian registered a hardfought 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory against Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky at the Australian Open.
Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik seem to have finally got the time to celebrate their respective recent victories.
Playing with new partner Casey Dellacqua in the absence of Martina Hingis, India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the WTA Aegon Classic following a straight set defeat in Birmingham.
The Indo-American duo beat Janette Husarova and Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in the first round.
The Indian ace would miss the women's team event as she is recuperating from an ankle injury
"My aim would be to break into the top 50 before the end of the year," the 18-year old said.
When contacted, AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar said he does not have any objection to Bopanna playing with Balaji, ranked 84, at the Paris Olympics.
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They beat David Skoch of Czech Republic and Janette Husarova of Slovakia in their first round match at Wimbledon.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lost the opportunity to win their 14th title together after losing the Stuttgart Open final on Sunday.
The Indian ace, who made it to the main draw of the Family Circle Cup through the qualifying rounds, won the first set 6-2, but failed to sustain the pace in the next two sets, which she lost 2-6, 2-6.
Indian qualifier Sania Mirza edged past Vania King in a three-set battle to book a pre-quarterfinal berth in the WTA Family Circle Cup in Charleston, USA.
Indian challengers continued to exit from the French Open as Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands were forced to retire from their pre-quarterfinals on Tuesday following a groin problem to the latter.
Sania is returning to the circuit after a two-year break but injured her leg in practice.
World's numero uno women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their rampaging form and extended their monster winning streak to 20 matches in a row after reaching the semi-finals of the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Sania Mirza overcame a stuttering start before packing off Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
The Indian ace beat Australia's Casey Dell'Acqua 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round.
Right now both of us have busy schedules meeting our sporting commitments, Shoaib Malik said.
India's best chances of a medal was in the mixed doubles in which Leander Paes is expected to partner Sania Mirza.
Sania Mirza was the only Indian left competing in the Western and Southern Open by reaching the semi-finals as Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna were ousted from the men's doubles with their respective partners in Cincinnati.
The Indian lost 6-1, 7-6 to France's Virginie Razzano in the third round in Los Angeles.
The Indian ace beat qualifier Alesandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with Martina Hingis.
Reader Sushant Nanda sent us a picture of Sania Mirza from New York.
'I will make the final decision on Sunday, Monday or on the morning I'm scheduled to play,' the Indian tennis ace said.
Sania Mirza continued her impressive run as she captured her fourth title of the season and 18th overall with Cara Black of Zimbabwe, recording a come-from-behind win over Liezel Huber and Hao Ching Chan to lift the Pan Pacific Open trophy in Tokyo.
Clearly contradicting his father's stand on Tennis player Sania Mirza marrying Shoaib Malik, Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that it was the tennis player's personal decision to marry Shoaib.
The Indian ace was beaten by Francesca Schiavone of Italy at the Ordina Open.
In individual doubles rankings, Sania is now only 145 points away from becoming World No 1.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna made winning starts to their respective campaigns at the Australian Open with contrasting opening-round victories with their doubles partners, in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Sania will now be seen in action in the French open, where she will face Italian Alberta Brianti in the first round.
Sania Mirza and her Spanish partner Nuria Llagostera Vives entered the second round of Kremlin Cup after a hard-fought victory over Darya Kustova of Belarus and Ukraine's Olga Savchuk in Moscow on Tuesday.
Sania Mirza and her American doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands progressed to the semi-finals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after registering a straight sets win over Liezel Huber and Janette Husarova in Stuttgart.
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After over a week's drama, which ended in Shoaib divorcing Ayesha Siddiqui, the Hyderabad girl he denied ever marrying, Sania's family sprung a surprise by advancing the nikaah (marriage ceremony) to Friday evening, though no official announcement was made. However, it is now learnt that the nikaah will not take place on Friday, after all.
Indian star Sania Mirza, who is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, spoke about her personal life with actress Neha Dhupia in her chat show No Filter Neha.
Balaji also showed that he can quickly adapt to conditions when he was asked to do the singles duty during the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan on grass. The rival was not of the highest quality but Balaji showed that he was willing to come out of his comfort zone if the team demands.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tied the knot on Monday as the two families advanced the high-profile marriage by three days after a tumultuous build-up to the wedding.
Leander Paes and Meghann Shaughnessy survived a scare but Sania Mirza and Fabrice Santoro were knocked out of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
