TENNIS

JOURNEY OF SANIA MIRZA

Published By Livemint | 7 Jan, 2023

Sania Mirza made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour in 2004

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In 2005, she became first Indian woman to win WTA singles title

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Regarded as India's greatest women's tennis player, Mirza has won six Grand Slam doubles titles 

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In 2007, Sania was awarded Padma Shri

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Her first triumph came in 2009, when she and Mahesh Bhupati won Australian Open

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In 2013, she switched exclusively to doubles, paired with Martina Hingis

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Consequently, she rose to number 1 rank in doubles category and maintained her position for 91 weeks

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