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Saturday, 15 December 2007 |
After a promising amateur career, Sania Mirza turned professional tennis player in 2003, the same year that she teamed up with Alisa Kleybanova to win a Wimbledon Championships Girls doubles title. "It is a dream win," she said. "We just met a week and a half ago, and we were like 'You wanna play doubles?', and we combined really well and beat the top seeds. After that we didn't look at the draw." The victory wasn't just triumphant, it was also history in the making, as Sania became the first Indian woman to win a junior Grand Slam title.
More success followed in 2004 when Sania delighted her legions of Indian followers at the Hyderabad Open. This time around, she partnered with Liezel Huber, but the results were the same, as the pair captured the doubles crown. This victory further added to Sania's legend, as it made her the youngest Indian to win a WTA or ATP tour title and the first Indian woman to win a WTA title event. In recognition of her amazing progress, the government of India awarded Sania the prestigious Arjuna award, presented in recognition of outstanding achievement in sport.
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