Sania Mirza Blog

Sania Marches on.

Dev — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:52:07 +0000

Sania Mirza continued her journey in the tournament by defeating Shahar Peer,the ninth-seeded Israeli in three sets on Sunday to reach the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open.

Sania beaten Peer 6-7 (7/9), 7-5, 6-3 for her fourth career win over Peer.Sania was very happy with her performance after the recent controversies. Sania, presently ranked 32nd in the world, said she was very happy as she was able to regain her focus after dropping the first set.

Sania has reached just one quarter-final this year. Sania earned a fourth-round meeting with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, the defending champion of the women’s tier one tournament that runs alongside the ATP Masters Series event.

Sania advances in Indian Wells.

Dev — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:29:12 +0000

Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek defeated Klaudia Jans and Gabriela Navratilova of Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the second round of the $2,100,000 Pacific Life Open ladies doubles event.The Indo-American pair who have been ranked seventh in the tournament won 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Tier I hard-court event at Indian Wells, California.

Meanwhile Sania has been seeded 21 in the singles event and moved to the second round after getting a bye in the first round.Sania will face Ukrainian Olga Savchuk in the second round of the singles event.

Sania Finds New Coach.

Dev — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:47:21 +0000

Sania Mirza has hired the top tennis coach Sven Groeneveld, Sania is presently in Indian Wells where she’s playing the elite $2,100,000 Tier I tournament, started working with her new coach earlier this week.

Groeneveld has almost two decades of international coaching experience behind him and he has already worked with players like Mary Pierce, Michael Stich, Greg Rusedski and Nicolas Kiefer among others in the past. Groeneveld will coach Sania during Grand Slams and Tier I tournaments. He will work in tandem with her father Imran.

Sania’s Dubai campaign begins.

Dev — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:46:17 +0000

Sania Mirza and her partner Francesca Schiavone have already reached the quarter-finals of the $1,500,000 Barclay’s Dubai Tennis Championships after winning their first round encounter in straight sets.

They have beaten Wild Card pair of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-4 in the opening match at the WTA Tier-II Hard court event.

The winner duo will next play the winners of the match between top seeded pair Cara Black and Liezel Huber and Shuai Peng and Tiantian Sun.

Sania has already opened her singles campaign, where she has been given wild card entry, against Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina and beaten her to reach to the second round.Now she would be up against fourth seed Serbian sensation Jelena Jancovic.

Sania Reaches to the Finals of Australian Open But Lost The Match.

Dev — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:33:16 +0000

After a long wait Sania reached to the finals of the Australian Open Mixed Doubles tournament but her journey to the mixed doubles crown was stopped on the way by Tiantian Sun of China and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia -7-6, 6-4.

It is being said that Sania was unable to to cope up the pressure of the match due to the injuries received by her earlier in the year. However we would say that it was a good effort by Sania to prove some points before her fans.
Well Done Sania Keep Up the tempo. You have to go miles and miles.

Sania advances to the Mixed Doubles Semis but out from the doubles third round.

Dev — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:20:58 +0000

Sania and Alicia was forced out from the woman’s doubles event in the third round match by Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer 7-5, 6-3 in straight sets. While in the Mixed doubles event Sania paired with Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the Semi Final round after getting walkover in the quarterfinal round given by seventh seeded Czechs Martin Damm and Kveta Peschke. In the semi Final round the pair is expected to meet the winners from the match between Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram Vs. Young-Jan Chan and Eric Butorac.

Sania loses to Venus but advances in the doubles and mixed doubles.

Dev — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:14:35 +0000

It was a quite a big outing of Sania after long time, as ever Venus was cool enough and watched carefully the aggressive play of Sania. The match was a though one and Venus came out as a clear winner defeating Sania 7-6, 6-4. Although Sania tried her level best to put on a stiff fight against the seasoned Venus but she took her carefully and overpowered Sania quite effortlessly.

However Sania went ahead to the third round of the doubles with Alicia Molik. Together they defeated Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Meanwhile in the mixed doubles event Sania and Mahesh Bhupathy advanced to the second round by defeating the Australian pair of Alicia Molik and Nathan Healey 6-1, 6-4 quite effortlessly.

Sania in Third Round of the Australian Open

Dev — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:21:31 +0000

The Tricolor disrespect row disturbed Sania so much, that she started to think to retire from the game of tennis. But at the same time it made her mentally strong enough to march ahead coolly to the third round of the opening Grand Slam Tournament of the Year.

In her second round match Sania beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.It took 44 minutes to Sania to overpower her opponent. Now she has to meet eighth-seeded Venus Williams of the USA in her third round outing. Venus is already in full flow and the previous encounter with Sania saw Venus a winner beating Sania in straight sets. Meanwhile her doubles match is also in progress and the results are expected later in the day. Here in the doubles arena she is partnering Alicia Molik of Australia and it is the second round match.

It is a encounter which is keenly awaited by most of her fans.

We also invite the support for Sania for the match.

It happens only in India……….

Dev — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:39:31 +0000

A Local court In Bhopal issued summons to tennis star Sania Mirza for allegedly disrespecting national flag during a function some time back. The case was filed by a social worker Prakash Singh Thakur under the Prevention of Insult to the National Honor Act (1971). It is highly shameful that some people like to exaggerate the things too much. The picture is not capable of explaining the situation correctly and it is being interpreted in the wrong spirit.

Here I would like to Question Mr. Thakur Why he is not filing a suit against M/s Nirmala Devi , The self proclaimed Goddess for the gross disrespect for the tricolor? (Pictures shown above ) Sania is being penalized as she is a sports person and so called Nirmala Devi is being left untouched as she is a religious figure?

I want support from all of the Sania Fans to come together and fight it out.

Sania seeded 31 in the Australian Open

Dev — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:02:18 +0000

After crashing out from the Hobart tournament in the second round Sania is preparing hard for the forthcoming Australian open tournament where Sania is seeded 31 for the first time in her career. Meanwhile a furore back home over a photograph that shows her resting her bare feet near the national flag published on Friday literally shook her. A complaint had been already filed in the Hyderabad High Court demanding action, which can carry a three-year jail term if convicted.

Sania is deeply upset over the issue and so we are. However we may pray to the almighty to clear all the controversies before the start of the Australian Open. May The Force Be With You Sania!

Wishing you lots of luck.