By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza, India’s first female Grand Slam winner, will open her French Open campaign against Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboev, ranked 95 in
the world.

By Jilawatan

Vera Zvonareva of Russia and India’s Sania Mirza won semifinal matches Saturday and will play for the title at the Pattaya Open on Sunday.

The top-seeded Zvonareva easily breezed past seventh-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel, 6-1, 6-4. Peer won this title in 2006. Mirza, meanwhile, pulled out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 triumph over eighth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza crashed out of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday after losing her second round match 7-5, 6-2 to World No. 24 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia. Second seed Dinara Safina, the runner up at the Australian Open, and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also the casualities of round. France’s Virginie Razzano beat Safina 6-4, 6-2 while Kuznetsova lost to Elena Vesnina 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.

By Jilawatan

India’s tennis ace Sania Mirza on Monday landed back on her home soil after winning laurels with her Australian Open mixed doubles title. She said that the win was extra special for her and she would like to live for the moment for the time being and worry later.

Pinned to the back of the court, Sania Mirza scrambled hard against Nadia Petrova. Perhaps she was just a touch too slow in getting to the ball or perhaps there were too many unforced errors in an hour long match.