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Khaleequr Rahman: Sania Mirza becomes World No.1 in Doubles - Create...
Khaleequr Rahman: Sania Mirza becomes World No.1 in Doubles - Create...: Sania Mirza and Martina Hinges Sania Mirza on Sunday created history and made the nation proud by becoming the first female tennis p...
Sania Mirza becomes World No.1 in Doubles - Creates History
Sania Mirza and Martina Hinges
Sania Mirza on Sunday created history and made the nation proud by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis.
The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair blew away the challenge of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0 6-4 in just 57 minutes in the lop-sided final of the USD 731,000 clay court event.
Sania took 470 points from the win to take her tally to 7,965 as she jumped past Italy's Sara Errani (7,640) and Roberta Vinci (7,640) to sit atop the ranking table. The official ranking chart will be issued tomorrow.
Before Sania, only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi had achieved the top rank when they dominated men's doubles circuit in the last 90s. Sania is also first female player from the country to win Grand Slam tournaments. It is Sania's third successive title win with Hingis and they have not lost as a single match since joining forces in March. They won trophy in Indian Wells, which was their first tournament together and followed up that with win in Miami. They have already become the world number one team in the Race to Singapore, the season-finale, where top-8 team compete at the end of year.
Sania and Hingis strolled past their rivals as they bageled them in just 22 minute to take the opening set. They lost serve in the first game of the second set but broke back immediately.
If the unseeded Australian-Croatian pair had any chance to make a comeback, it was by cashing in on chances and they did not help their cause by squandering two break opportunities in the fifth game of the second set as the winners opened up a huge 4-1 lead. Casey and Darija though kept fighting and gradually reduced the margin. “It’s a dream for every kid to be No.1 one day,” Sania said after her win. The 28-year-old Hyderabadi gave credit to her partner Martina Hingis for success this week. “I can’t think of a better person to do it with. When we came here we had one thing in mind, to get No.1, and she really helped me get there. She helped me through some tough moments this week. She’s just a great person and a great player. We also become the No.1 team in the world today with this,” she said. “I hope we have many, many more tournaments and end the year on a high as well.” In a jovial mood, Saina kept praising Hingis, a former World No.1 herself, and said to her,”I don’t want to make you feel old, but I did watch you as a kid!”. “You were an idol to most young girls at the time. You made it when you were 15!” And on reaching No.1 in Charleston? “No tournament has been as special to me as the Family Circle Cup and no tournament will ever be as special to me, because I became No.1 here.”
Team Youth Against Speed Congratulate Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza was born on 15 November 1986 to the proud parents Mr.Imran and Naseem Mirza. Sania is a professional Indian tennis player. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as India's No.1 player, both in singles and doubles. Throughout her career, she has established herself as one of the highest-paid and high-profile athletes in India. Mirza is the most successful female Indian tennis player in history and one of the most popular female athletes in Asia. More than a decade after her debut on the tennis-court, she still carries the torch for women's tennis in the country.
In her career, Mirza has notable wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva and Marion Bartoli; as well as former World No. 1s Martina Hingis, Dinara Safina, and Victoria Azarenka. She is the highest ranked female player ever from India, peaking at World No. 27 in singles in mid-2007, however a major wrist injury forced her to give up her singles career and focus on the doubles circuit, where she has been ranked as high as World No. 1. She has achieved a number of firsts for her native country, including surpassing US$1 million in career earnings (now over 4 million), winning a Pro-level title, and winning three major mixed doublestitles at the 2009 Australian Open, the 2012 French Open and the 2014 US Open; as well as qualifying for (and eventually winning) the WTA Finals in 2014. Mirza is also the third Indian woman in the Open Era to feature and win a round at a Grand Slam tournament (going as far as the last 16). On top of that, she has won a total of 14 medals (including 6 Gold) at three major multi-sport events, namely the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Afro-Asian Games.
Mirza was named one of the 50 heroes of Asia by Time in October 2005. In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud". In a country where female athletes are few and far between, and where cricket and Bollywood loom large on the cultural horizon, she has become an icon in her own right. Sania Mirza has been appointed as the UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia during the event held to mark the International Day To End Violence Against Women on 25 th November 2014.
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| Mohd.Khaleequr Rahman and Sania Mirza extending her support to the cause of Youth Against Speed |
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