The Karnataka high court brought a stay on the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to be conferred on tennis ace Sania Mirza on Wednesday following paralympian H Girisha's plea against it. The court also issued notice to the Centre on the development.
Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands reached the first final of the new season when their opponents -- Daniela Hantuchova and Katarina Srebotnik -- conceded the semi-final match at the WTA Brisbane International.
The Indian ace is looking to better her fourth round appearance at the US Open in 2005.
Tennis ace Sania Mirza feels that there is 'enough pressure' on them as elite athletes to even think of aspects like why India is yet to win a medal till the sixth day of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
They beat wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-4 in the first round at the Dubai Open.
Amid speculation that Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza's wedding venue could be changed from Hyderabad to Dubai following Siddiqui family's threat for legal action, a friend of the ace Indian tennis star on Saturday said preparations for the April 15 marriage are on as per schedule.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday, announced that she will marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad on April 15, but made it clear that the marriage of an Indian and a Pakistani sports star is not a "political statement".
The tennis ace will attend the India-Pakistan second ODI in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Sania Mirza and Edina Gallovits stunned fourth seeds Anna Smith and Zi Yan in straight sets to progress to the doubles semi-finals of the Guangzhou International Women's Open in Guangzhou, China.
India's tennis stars enjoyed comfortable wins in the Australian Open on Thursday as Sania Mirza eased into the second round with partner Martina Hingis while Rohan Bopanna also registered a straight sets victory in the men's doubles first round.
The Indian ace was whipped by Russia's Nadia Petrova in a second round match.
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India's Sania Mirza lost 5-7, 6-1, 3-6 to Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinal of the Hobart International WTA.
The Indian pair maintained their unbeaten run to tame Australia's Alicia Molik and Peter Luczak in the mixed doubles encounter to pull off their first win in group 'A' of the Hopman Cup in Perth on Wednesday.
The Indo-US pair got a walkover in the semi-finals, as their opponents, Camille Pin and Milagros Sequera, pulled out because of illness.
The Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad said it was not aware of any threat being issued to one of its doctors, who treated tennis star Sania Mirza.
Left teary-eyed after her Indianness was put into question just weeks back, tennis star Sania Mirza dedicated her US Open title to the country and the new state of Telangana, where her appointment as brand ambassador triggered a political furore.
India were left to rue a missed opportunity in tennis with Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna's losing in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles after Lalita Babar became the first woman in three decades to enter the final of a track event, on Day 8 of the 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday.
Out of action owing to a wrist injury, tennis ace Sania Mirza has risen a couple of rungs to 90th in the latest WTA singles rankings issued on Monday.
The Indian went down 4-6, 4-6 to eighth-seeded Flavia Pennetta in the Japan Open quarter-final.
Security concerns and the blow hot blow cold diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan are the reasons why Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik have decided to shift base to Dubai after they get married next month.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is all set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in April, two months after she broke her engagement with childhood friend Sohrab Mirza.
Forced to go through the qualifiers to compete in the US Open due to low ranking, Sania Mirza has been drawn against Russian Ksenia Lykina as her first round opponent.
The Indo-US duo beat Severine Bremond and Jelena Jankovic in the first round of women's doubles.
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina yet again ended runners-up to nemesis Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, losing the WTA Indian Wells Premier event's summit clash in straight sets.
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina rallied from a set down to score a hard-fought victory over the Czech combo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka and enter the final of the WTA Indian Wells tournament. They will clash with the US pair of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, who are touted as India's best bet for a tennis medal in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, have been seeded fourth and will be up against the Australian duo of Samantha Stosur and John Peers in their opening mixed doubles match at the Games.
The Indian ace beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi to move into the second round of the women's singles at the US Open.
The second seed beat top seed Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa in the final of the USD 25000 ITF tournament in Nigeria.
After mauling lower-ranked opponents all through the week, Sania Mirza lost the title clash of the Wrexham ITF event 2-6, 4-6 to local favourite Heather Watson on Sunday.
Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau waltzed into the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open after beating Australian duo Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3, 10-2 at Melbourne Park on Friday.
The third seeded Indian ace got the better of unseeded American Abigail Spears in her opening match of the WTA tournament.
Ahmad Siddiqui, father of Ayesha, allegedly Shoiab's first wife, has threatened legal action against Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik if he does not give his daughter a divorce.
She may not have succeeded in winning a gold at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, but tennis star Sania Mirza is now looking forward to give her best in the next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza said it's an honour to team up with 18 time Grand Slam winner Bob Bryan in the mixed doubles of the 2013 Australian Open.
The Hyderabadi girl jumped one spot in the doubles rankings as well to reach 37.
Tennis player Prarthana Thombare, who will partner India ace Sania Mirza in the Olympics, says she is not scared of facing the big names at Rio Games as she has the World No. 1 beside her.
A gritty Sania Mirza saved four match points before going down 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (3) to top seed Anastasia Rodionova in a heart-stopping women's singles final to settle for a silver in the tennis competition of the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
The Indian ace beat USA's Laura Granville 6-3, 7-5 in the second round at the US Open.
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