http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/ SANIA THE INDIAN TENNIS STAR Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:55:01 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. Sports Celebrities Fashion http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/124.html Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:21:20 GMT Sania Mirza set to clash with World No.8 Venus Williams in the theird round of Australian Open 2008. The Saturday match will be played at Rod Laver arena, the centre court. Sania Mirza beat Timea Bacsinszky 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. The second round match went to the theird round as Sania was missing her rhythm and consistency in windy conditions, lost the second set 4-6. However the India's No.1 player Sania Mirza took the theird set 7-5 in her favor and the match as well. About playing multi Grand Slam winner Venus, Sania Mirza said, "I'm just excited to play her. Probably play on a big court and... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=124 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/123.html Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:53:31 GMT India's No.1 player Sania Mirza won her second round match against Swiss teenager Timea Bac- Zinsky 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Transcript of her interview after her 2nd round match at Australian Open 2008. Q. You got off to a great start and then the match tightened up. How do you assess the game, from your point of view? SANIA MIRZA: I think, yeah, I think I was playing very well. In the first set obviously I wasn't really giving her chances, and I started off by winning about six points in a row. So obviously, you know, I wanted to get up there and everything. In the second set it was... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=123 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/122.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:03:31 GMT SANIA MIRZA seeded 31, beat Uzbeki Iroda Tulyaganova - wildcard entrant, 6-4, 6-2. Sania had to struggle lttle in the first set, where she failed to cash on two break points and committed 11 unforced errors. However Tulyaganova's inexperience helped Sania to wrap the first set in 40 minutes in her favor 6-4. The 21 year old indian, found her touch in the second set. Broke Tulyaganova twice and wraped the set 6-2 in just 29 minutes. Sania Mirza will meet Timea Bacsinszky from Switzerland in the second round match before she possibly meet eighth seed American Venus Williams in the... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=122 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/121.html Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:37:45 GMT “Sania Mirza is one of the most recognizable faces of global tennis and is a youth icon amongst young Asians across the world. This is a big moment for adidas and for Indian sports. Sania Mirza’s appeal goes well beyond tennis and the sporting world and it’s only natural for us to use her as a global brand ambassador for adidas. She is a perfect fit for our brand as she personifies the passion, energy and boldness that adidas stands for. We welcome her into the adidas family and look forward to a long association with her” Hartwin Feddersen, director of marketing, adidas India said... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=121 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/120.html Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:32:36 GMT Indian Tennis Queen SANIA MIRZA has beed named as WTA Newcomer of the Year 2005. Sania Mirza received the award at the second annual ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Awards function held Miami, Florida in USA. The award was attributed to Sania Mirza's amazing feat of achivements last year. She started last year as WTA 163rd ranked player and reached her career high of 31, won Hyderabad Open 2005, reached theird round in Australian Open and Wibeldon and fourth round in US Open. Considering her fitness problem - ankle injuries, Sania Mirza could have achived more. People in... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=120 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/119.html Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:08:52 GMT Indian Tennis Sensation Sania Mirza show her ability to the former world number 1 and come-back queen Maritina Hingis in the second set of the match. She lost the first round match 3-6, 7-5, in Dubai Women Open Tennis. 48th ranked Hingis is a wildcard in $1 million event, broke Sania Mirza in fourth game of first set to take a lead 3 -1. Sania Mirza excecuted a rasping backhand winner in next game. But the Swiss Miss broke back in the sixth game and served for set in the ninth game. Sania Mirza and Hingis were breaks each other in the second set. Sania Mirza levelled 3-3... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=119 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/118.html Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:04:57 GMT Sania Mirza would meet Martina Hingis, five time Grand Slam Champion, in the first round of Dubai Duty Free Women's Open. Last year the very tournament shot Sania Mirza's fame to sky, when she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, then US Open Champion. Sania entered last year draw as wild card. Martina Hingis, who won the inaugural Dubai Tennis Championship title in 2001, returned to tennis in January after her three year absence due to leg injury. Swiss Miss is ranked 48 after her excellent performance in Australian Open where she advanced to quarterfinals and beat... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=118 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/117.html Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:56:17 GMT Nothing went well for top seeded Sania Mirza on her second outing in Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association courts, Bangalore. Sania Mirza suffered a shock defeat at the hands of 110th ranked French player Camille Pin in the second round of Bangalore Open 6-1, 5-7, 2-6. In the first set everything appeared to go Sania Mirza's way, but she lost the rhythm in the second set and allowed Camille pin to overpower the tournaments favorite. Further to a wrong line call that went against Sania Mirza, her elbow alsos gave some trouble, as she was attended twice in the match. ... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=117 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/116.html Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:50:07 GMT Indian Tennis Ace Sania Mirza mauled Germany's Martina Muller 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the Bangalore Open at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association Stadium, on Tuesday. Muller ranked 102 is no match to technically redefined Sania Mirza, still the opening round was a feast to the big crowd, as the German put some effort to make it a match. Sania Mirza was serving a lot away from her body, Muller was made to shuffle between the T and the edge of the box. Most of the time Sania's serve went past Muller with ease. The crowds that had turned out to support Sania... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=116 http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/archive/115.html Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:28:53 GMT Indian teen Idol Sania Mirza is endorsing Sprite, a thurst quencher drink from Coca Cola India. Mr.Vikas Gupta, Vice President Marketing of Coca-Cola India said "yes, Sprite is a no nonsense brand - with an in- your-face and chilled out approach to life. Our communication has always exalted the brand as the thirst quencher, and baaki sab bakwaas. The current commercial retains this theme, yet interestingly incorporates Sania Mirza into the story." Further Mr.Gupta asserted the reason for choosing Sania Mirza,... (more) http://saniamirza.blogdrive.com/comments?id=115