India''s
Tennis Sensation - Sania Mirza - The Sexiest Tennis Star of India. Sania Mirza, India''s top tennis star at the moment, is born November 15, 1986, Mumbai, India and she resides in Hyderabad, India. She is a professional female tennis
player from India. Coached by her father, Imran Mirza, Sania began playing tennis at age 6. Her
sexy appearance is the main attraction of her fans. She turned professional in 2003 and became the first and only Indian
woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam
tournament (2005 US Open). She is now the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India (She had a rank of 42, her highest ever, by end of August 2005). "My mother took me to a coach, who initially refused to coach me because I was too small," said Mirza. "After a month, he called my parents to say he had never seen a player that good at such a young age."
The 5ft. 7in Sania Mirza is having a large fan following ind India. She was awarded the Arjuna award in tennis for the year 2004. She has defeated two top 10 players, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova too. Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls'' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. Through a wild card entry to the 2005 Australian Open and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the 3rd round to Serena Williams. She became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals on February 12, 2005. Sania on Doha Asian Games 2006 According to Doha Asian Games Organizing Committe, Sania Mirza and Leander Paes will play mixed doubles in warm up for their tilt at Doha 2006 gold by playing together at the Asian Hopman Cup in Delhi next week, it was announced on Saturday 4 November. The darling of Indian tennis is hoping she will turn around a disappointing year by winning the mixed doubles tournament with Paes in front of her own fans and then taking gold in Doha the following month.
Published: December 20, 2007
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