Sania Mirza`s nightmare year

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

There has been a lot of talk over the past couple of years: whether Sania Mirza is all media hype and little substance, that she’s glamour, glitz and good looks but her on-court performances don’t match the build-up.

Much as she has tried to counter this she has had her critics who keep pointing out to her record. And if anything her steep fall in the rankings would give her detractors a lot of ammunition.

In the latest WTA chart she has slid to as low as 91. It is not that she has been playing badly; the fact is that she’s hardly been playing at all and that’s her problem.

Sania drops to 91 in rankings

Tuesday, 09 September 2008

Sania Mirza’s continued absence from the court took a heavy toll on her singles ranking as she slid to as low as 91 in the latest WTA charts issued on Monday.

Sania, who skipped the U.S. Open, dropped 21 places in one week with 380 points and runs the risk of moving out of top-100 for the first time since 2004.

Sania has been forced to miss the entire clay court season including the French Open and then left her singles Olympics campaign mid-way due to the niggling wrist injury.

She also lost seven positions in her doubles ranking, dropping to 44 with 949 points.

Sania falls seven places in singles rankings

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Sania Mirza has slipped seven places to 70th position in the Women Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings on Monday.

Sania is suffering from chronic wrist injury and has pulled out of the ongoing US Open.

Meanwhile, in the men's doubles rankings, Mahesh Bhupathi has remained steady at the 12th position and so has his Olympic doubles partner Leander Paes at the 16th spot.

In the men's singles rankings, Prakash Amritraj has held his last week's 217th rank while Somdev Devvarman, who has been climbing steadily in the rankings so far, has fallen four places to 243.

Rohan Bopanna, too, has fallen three places to 324th in his singles rankings this week.

Sania out of Nordic Light Open

Saturday, 02 August 2008

Sania Mirza stumbled at the second round hurdle once again, going down to Czech left-hander Iveta Benesova at the $145,000 Nordic Light Open here. Benesova, 25, continued her winning streak over sixth-seeded Sania, beating her 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the hard-court tournament at Olympic Stadium on Thursday. It was the third time lucky for Benesova as she beat Sania for the third consecutive time they have met. Sania, partnering French Nathalie Dechy, has already made a first round exit from the doubles event.

Sania plummets to number 50 in WTA singles ranking

Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Sania Mirza's bad run on the tour took a heavy toll on her singles ranking as she dropped 15 places to plummet to 50 in the latest WTA list issued today. The Hyderabadi girl made a comeback after recovering from a wrist injury but is still struggling to get back to winning mode and crashed out of the first and second rounds at Stanford and Los Angeles.
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Sania Mirza behind Vidya-Shahid disconnect

Monday, 28 July 2008
Post ‘Kismat Konnection’ Shahid Kapur and Vidya Balan seem to have lost the rapport that they reportedly shared during the making of the movie. According to sources, the couple is no longer on talking terms with each other. Their much hyped bonding appears to have ended with the release of the film.
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Row over Sania mom’s role

Saturday, 26 July 2008
Controversies over the selection of support staff for the Beijing-bound Indian contingent cropped up on Friday when the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) decided to include tennis star Sania Mirza’s mother as one of the officials of the tennis squad. While top officials of the IOA decided not to talk on the issue, sources in the IOA revealed that Mrs Nasima Mirza would accompany her daughter in the Olympics as one of the coaches of the tennis team. “There was a time when the IOA was willing to send seven officials for the our-member tennis team as they were unable to withstand pressure from the top tars like Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza,” sources said. But finally, the number of support staff for the tennis team has been brought own to four. They are — Nandan Bal, Scott Davidson, Renuka Pinto (Sania’s physio) and Nasima Mirza.
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Sania knocked out of EWB Classic

Thursday, 24 July 2008
Sania Mirza once again fell at the second round stage when she lost in straight sets to Meng Yuan at the $600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament. The 16th seed Indian lost to her unseeded Chinese opponent 4-6 3-6 in one and a half hour contest to crash out of the hard court WTA event. Sania borke Yuan once and dropped her own serve twice to go down in the first set.
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Shahid Kapoor spends time with Sania mirza

Sunday, 13 July 2008
The speculation about Shahid Kapur-Sania Mirza relationship has got a new momentum as on Wednesday Sania dropped in on the sets of Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminay. Sania and Shahid were inseparable and she took a lot of interest in the shoot. their body language quite apparently suggested that something is cooking between them. In an interview Shahid also admitted that he is a big tennis fan and watched both the matches Sania played at the Wimbledon.
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Sania Mirza-Sunitha duo for Olympics

Friday, 04 July 2008
Sania Mirza has been given a doubles entry with Sunitha Rao for the Beijing Olympics, according to the list of direct acceptances announced by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in London on Wednesday. Sania would thus be competing in both the singles and doubles, in her maiden Olympic Games. The ITF also confirmed the entry for Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes who would be fighting together in their fourth Olympics. Among the other pairs in the men’s doubles, Roger Federer will be playing with Stanislas Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal will be with Tommy Robredo.
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