Paris: Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza on Sunday advanced to the quarter-finals of the French Open mixed doubles event after notching up a straight-set victory in the second round of the grand slam event. The seventh seed Indian pair defeated their unseeded opponents from France, Virginie Razzano and Nicolas Devilder, 7-6 6-3 in a contest lasting an hour and 20 minutes. They will now be facing the winner of the...
10:47 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Her participation in the Olympics may have been jeopardised by a first-round exit from the French Open but top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Thursday asserted that she has done enough to "deserve" a wild card into the London Games. Sania has had a successful season so far, forcing her way into four WTA finals and winning two titles. She, along with Russian Elena Vesnina, was also...
01:19 PM, May 31, 2012
Paris: India's Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands were knocked out by Russian-Romanian combine of Nina Bratchikova and Edina Gallovits-Hall in the women's doubles first round at the French Open on Tuesday. The fifteenth seeds went down fighting. Recovering from a set down, they, however, failed to win points on their serve to finally lose 3-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the unseeded pair. The loss is a blow for the Indian,...
08:39 PM, May 29, 2012
Paris: Battling to be in the top 10 before the June 11 cut-off mark for the London Olympics, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were drawn against the French team of Marc Gicquel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in their men's doubles opening round of the French Open. Bopanna and Bhupathi, ranked 12th and 13th respectively, need to be in top 10 to make a direct entry into the men's doubles event of...
11:49 AM, May 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: When the four clay courts at the Sanjeevaiah Park and the Necklace Road of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) went for an annual auction this year, there was a surprise bid of Rs 9.2 lakh, up from Rs 2.9 lakh. It stunned the few coaches and the old tennis academy run by Nilkanteshwar, who had to distance himself from the courts, for the simple reason that he couldnt...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza whose 2011 season was cut short because of a knee surgery, said she cannot afford to be selective about the events she competes in to avoid injuries. Sania went through a restricted practice session of 45 minutes at the DLTA complex on Monday. "It's good to be back on court. I am going slowly. I am fit but don't want to rush things," Sania said. Sania...
07:14 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Madurai: A petition was on Monday filed in the Madras High Court bench here, seeking action against sportstars Sachin Tendulkar and Sania Mirza and two others for "insulting" the national flag. Petitioner B Stalin sought a direction to register the cases against the four under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper use) Act, 1950. Popular TV host Mandira Bedi and...
07:15 PM, May 23, 2011
Shoaib and Sania spoke as a happily married couple denying any sale of rights for their reception. ...
09:01 AM, Apr 27, 2010
The reception was hosted by Malik and turned out to be a headache for his family. ...
12:20 PM, Apr 26, 2010
Sania-Shoaib speak on CNN-IBN exclusive interview about their marriage. ...
02:27 PM, Apr 16, 2010
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will tie the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad on Friday. ...
03:50 PM, Apr 09, 2010
Shoaib's family members have reached Hyderabad to attend the marriage ceremony between him and Sania on April 15. ...
10:43 AM, Apr 08, 2010
A compromise has been reached between Shoaib Malik and the family of Ayesha Siddiqui. ...
02:58 PM, Apr 07, 2010
CNN-IBN on
Face The Nation asked: do public figures have a right to a private life? ...
08:05 AM, Apr 06, 2010
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board says they feel sad that Sania has been forced into a controversy. ...
11:26 AM, Apr 05, 2010
