'Right from 2002, making my debut and 22 years later still getting to represent India. I'm extremely proud of that.'
Extending their unbeaten record, India's Sania Mirza and Switzerland's Martina Hingis lifted their eighth trophy of the season and fourth in a row, winning the WTA China Open.
'I feel when I sort of close this chapter of my life... an Olympic medal is something that I would have loved to win. So I want to give myself another shot at it.'
Malik announced his retirement after Pakistan won their final league match of the World Cup against Bangladesh by 94 runs in London on Friday. Pakistan failed to make the semi-finals of the 50-over showpiece.
Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza bowed out of the Cincinnati Masters after losing their quarter-final and semi-final matches with their respective partners in the men's and women's doubles.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland faces Irina-Camella Begu of Romania in the opening round of the women's draw with second-seeded American Coco Gauff taking on Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Bollywood fraternity is celebrating Sania Mirza's Wimbledon win as the celebs have flooded Twitter with their wishes.
This is not the first time Sania has been dragged into a controversy related to the Pakistan team.
The Indian tennis ace will team up with Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic, while Martina to pair with Coco Vandeweghe of the United States.
Sania also received warm birthday greetings from other cricketers and Bollywood celebrities.
Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won their first ever title on red clay, capturing the Internazionali BNL d'Italia trophy.
Sania Mirza reached her first Grand Slam semi-final of the year with China's Shuai Peng after outclassing Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova in the women's doubles, at the US Open, in New York.
The mother-to-be handed out awards to children at the Sania Mirza academy in Hyderabad
Meanwhile, in the WTA event, third seeded-pair of Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova lost 3-6, 6-7(7) to second seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Martina Hingis in the semi-finals of the $3,076,495 red clay event.
The winners of the Heart Awards will be determined by online voting by fans which will go live on May 1 and will go on until May 8.
Shocked at the way Lakshya Sen succumbed to pressure in the men's singles badminton bronze medal play-off at the Paris Olympics, the legendary Prakash Padukone said it's high time players learn to withstand pressure, become accountable and start delivering results after receiving support.
Congratulating tennis stars Sania Mirza and Leander Paes, who won Grand Slams in the women's doubles and mixed doubles respectively at the US Open, former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid on Monday said that both are "huge inspiration" for aspiring sportspersons in the country.
Shoaib Malik has been stuck in Pakistan while his wife, tennis player Sania Mirza, and one-year-old son Izhaan, have been in India due to the ban on international travel due to the pandemic.
India's first and only tennis medal in the history of Olympic Games came way back in 1996, when Leander Paes claimed the singles bronze in Atlanta.
The tennis ace's exclusion was on expected lines as she is expecting her first child with cricketer husband Shoaib Malik.
Sania Mirza and her sister Anam were among the bride's guests.
Indian duo of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event of tennis competition at the Rio Olympics with a straight-set win over Australian pair of Samantha Stosur and John Peers in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. Sania and Bopanna, who are being touted as India's medal hope at the Olympics, won their opening round match 7-5 6-4 in 73 minutes.
Sania Mirza treats us with a cute first family photograph.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her new Czech partner Barbora Strycova have been seeded seventh at the WTA Western and Southern Open, one of the two events in tune-up to the US Open.
Tennis ace Sania Mirza wins the Khel Ratna award. Last week, the Sports Ministry confirmed that Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza had been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan launched ace tennis player Sania Mirza's autobiography 'Ace against Odds' at a function in Mumbai on Sunday. Sania, who will partner Prarthana Thombare from Maharashtra at the prestigious Olympics Games in Rio heaped praise on the latter, describing her as a very good tennis player. "I and Prarthana (Thombare) is the first pair, who has won a medal. In Asian Games we have won a women's doubles medal. But besides that, she is a young girl, and she is a good prospect for us.
Sania Mirza combined with her partner Barbora Strycova to stave off a strong challenge from Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan and reach the women's double final at the Miami Open tennis tournament.
On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Mirza, who is expecting her first child in October, posted a photo of her performing yoga on Twitter and tagged Maneka Gandhi and the Ministry of Women and Child Development to it.
The Indian tennis icon, who is pregnant with her first child, had first visited the holy shrine with her father Imran, mother Nasima and sister Anam on Friday last.
Sania Mirza celebrated her 32nd birthday with husband Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and their newly born son Izhaan.
He is inarguably the greatest tennis player of all time but what makes Roger Federer, a revered sportsperson, a legend is his "warmth and care" for colleagues, which even touched Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza's life on a couple of occasions.
Anam Mirza and Mohammed Asaduddin shared pictures from their wedding on social media
The tennis ace shared the first-ever picture of her son on social media on Saturday.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after her victory in the US Open mixed doubles last week.
Why did the AITA pair Sania Mirza with Rohan Bopanna for the mixed doubles at the Olympics?
India's Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis staged a superb comeback to clinch the women's doubles title after a thrilling victory against Russian duo of Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova in the final, on Saturday.
Multiple Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza is only 29 but the iconic sportswomen has put together the story of beating incredible odds to get to the top of the tennis world in a new book. Sania, who turned an instant sensation after she won the Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles title at the age of 16 and went on to register 41 consecutive wins with her doubles partner Martina Hingis, talks about her journey and its hardships to become the Tennis World Number One.
India's tennis star, who is pregnant with her first child, is visiting the Gulf nation with her family including her father Imran, mother Nasima and sister Anam.
The top seeded pair of Sania Mizra and Yaroslava Shvedova crashed out of the Nurnberg WTA event following a shock first round defeat against Chia-Jung Chuang and Misaki Doi, in Nurnberg, on Tuesday.
Sania Mirza won her first WTA Tour title of the season, clinching the doubles crown at the Morocco Open with American Vania King.
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