Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Sania Mirza (, , ) (born 15 November 1986, in Bombay) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova were both winners on Friday to advance at the $5.
535 million BNP Paribas Open.The top-seeded Azarenka of Belarus had to overcome 12 double faults en route to a marathon 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6) victory over Germany's Mona Barthel on the hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.Azarenka improved perfect mark to 18-0 this season, including a trio of titles, by converting 6-of-8 break chances and saving 9-of-14 break opportunities by Barthel in the three-hour long match.Kvitova had it much easier in her 6-1, 6-3 decision over fellow Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycov. The third-seeded Kvitova reeled off three aces and was helped by her opponent's eight double faults to advance.Upstart American wild card Jamie Hampton, a 22-year-old from Alabama, stunned 12th-seeded former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3, while 14th-seeded German Julia Goerges avoided an upset by whipping Brit Elena Baltacha 6-3, 6-2. The Serbian star Jankovic was the Indian Wells...Andy Murray had just spent nearly five hours on court in an Australian Open semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic that ran past midnight.Then he found out drug testers we...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Two-time champion Vera Zvonareva round wins, while second- seeded Dominika Cibulkova came up a loser Tuesday at the $220,000 Pattaya Open tennis tournament.The top-s...
Defending champion Daniela round winners Thursday at the Pattaya Open.The third-seeded Hantuchova notched a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Poland's Urszula Radwanska and will...
Defending champion Daniela time winner Vera Zvonareva was forced to retire from her match because of a hip injury.Hantuchova, this year's third seed, battled past Va...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Eighth-seeded Vania King advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pattaya Open by beating Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-1, 6-3 Thursday.The American played well from the...
Virginie Razzano has won for the first time since the death of her fiance, beating Sania Mirza of India 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3 in the first round at Wimbledon .Razzano al...
No. 3 ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia converted the only two service breaks of the match, enabling her to beat qualifier Jill Craybas 6-4, 7-5 Tuesday night in the M...
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was extended before winning her opening match with a 6-0, 7-6 (4) victory over Great Britain's Elena Baltacha in the Mercu...
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki , seeded Victoria Azarenka and three-time champion Serena Williams round winners Tuesday at the 2011 U.S. Open.The former No. 1 Willia...
China's Peng Shuai, who was installed as the top seed of the inaugural $220,000 Texas Tennis Open, withdrew from the tournament Monday due to a left hip injury.Peng ...
Keep the ball in the court. It can seem simple enough.But when the wind is swirling and gusting as it has been this week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, there's n...
Americans Sloane Stephens and Vania King round loser at the $5.535 million BNP Paribas Open.Stephens outlasted Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak in a marathon 4-6, 7-5, 7-...
Former top-five player David Nalbandian of Argentina and veteran Americans Sam Querrey, Robby Ginepri and Jill Craybas are among those receiving wild cards into the ...
Friday's women's doubles final at seeded Italian tandem of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci against a strong unseeded Russia duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonare...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic moved into an Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal after struggling past Andy Murray in a five-set, almost five-hour semifina...
Evening sessions at this year's Australian Open are starting to resemble a remake of the Alfred Hitchcock horror movie, "The Birds."In search of locusts, swarms of s...
The challenge system is proving, well, challenging for the top men at the Australian Open.No. 4-ranked Andy Murray asked for five line calls to be reviewed by video ...
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