|
Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
 Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek's fine run in the $2.1 million Pacific Life Open came to an end as they lost to the Chinese pair of Zi Yan and Jie Zheng in the doubles semi-finals here.
The seven-seeded Indo-American duo lost to the third seeded Chinese in a closely fought match 6-7(4) 7-5 10-5 Friday. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
Sania Mirza put up a spirited fight back to get past Israel's Shahar Peer to move into the pre-quarterfinal of the USD 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, California.
After losing the first set in the tie-break, the Indian ace brilliantly rallied to beat her former doubles partner 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-3 in the third round match, on Sunday night.
Sania's job becomes tougher from here as she faces world number eight Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, who beat Chinese Jie Zhang 6-4, 6-2 in a third round match.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has hired the services of top tennis coach Sven Groeneveld, who is also coaching the world number two Serbian Ana Ivanovic. The 21-year-old, presently in Indian Wells where she’s playing the elite $2,100,000 Tier I tournament, started working with the Dutchman earlier this week.
Groeneveld, who has almost two decades of international coaching experience behind him, has worked with Mary Pierce, Michael Stich, Greg Rusedski and Nicolas Kiefer among others in the past.
He’ll work with Sania for 15 weeks during the course of the year. Groeneveld will coach the Hyderabadi during Grand Slams and Tier I tournaments. He will work in tandem with her father Imran, who will manage her coaching full-time for the rest of the season. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
 Sania Mirza made it to the third round of the elite USD 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open defeating Ukrainian Olga Savchuk in a tough three-setter.
Sania, ranked 32 in the world, lost the first set but recovered in time to record a 4-6 6-1 6-4 win over her 96th-ranked opponent at Indian Wells, California, in the United States.
The Hyderabad girl, who is seeded 21 in the Tier I event, received a bye in the first round. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Friday, 29 February 2008 |
|
Any talk of Sania Mirza brings a smile on the face of the genial Swiss Patty Schnyder. "She's a great player, she has a big forehand and she's exciting to watch," the world number 12 said after getting taste of the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association courts, venue for the $600,000 Bangalore Open. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Monday, 18 February 2008 |
Sania Mirza will open her campaign against Belarusian Olga Govortsova in the $2.5 million Qatar Total Open at the Khalifa Tennis Complex starting on Monday.
The 48th ranked Belarusian will not be a tough nut to crack for Sania, who prevailed over her in their only encounter last year at Cincinnati.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Monday, 18 February 2008 |
 Sania Mirza slipped out of top 30 bracket after losing three positions to be 32nd in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday.
Sania, who will open her campaign at the Qatar Open on Tuesday, however, maintained her doubles ranking at 23. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Monday, 11 February 2008 |
 Former India captain Kapil Dev on Saturday was hopeful that Indian tennis star Sania Mirza “will soon come back to playing in the country” after having opted out of the Bangalore Open scheduled in March. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
Tired of being dragged into one controversy after another in the past few months, Sania Mirza has decided against playing in India for now.
Sania has opted out of next month's Bangalore Open and has cited the petty controversies that have been dogging her for quite some time for the pullout. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Tuesday, 05 February 2008 |
|
Sania Mirza's fans are in for a big disappointment as the Indian tennis sensation has chosen not to participate in the 600,000 Dollar WTA Tier II 'Bangalore Open', to be held here from March 3. |
|
Read more...
|
|
