<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The twenty-year-old tennis sensation from Hyderabad has moved to 29<sup>th</sup> position in WTA ranking. She ranked 51 in May 2007. Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alvona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open at the age of 18, in February 2005. The same year she hit to fame when she competed with Serena Williams in the third round of the Australian Open, in which she went down fighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">She had an excellent run in the past few weeks. She reached the finals of Bank of West Classic at Stanford where Anna Chakvetadze defeated her. In the East West Bank Women’s classic tournament she defeated World no. 12 Martina Hinges in the second round where she finally lost in the pre-quarter final to France’s Varginie Razzano 6-1, 7-6. In fact she has defeated five top 20 ranked players in the past couple of weeks.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sania Mirza is the India’s top tennis star at the moment. She was born on November 15, 1986 in Mumbai, India and she resides in Hyderabad. She is the sports icon of South Asia and has large fan following.</font></p>
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