Sania Mirza was born in Mumbai, India on the 15th November, 1986 to Mr. Imran Mirza and Naseema. Saniya Mirza’s father Imran was a sports journalist previously after that he went into the printing business and finally he became a builder and her mother Naseema was associated with the printing industry. The family later relocated themselves in the city of Hyderabad. Saniya Mirza got her schooling from Nasr School Khairatabad and passed her SSC examination with first division securing 63% marks.
Saniya Mirza has got a younger sister by the name of Anam. Saniya was drawn to the lawn tennis by her father; she started playing tennis at the tender age of six at Nizam Club Hyderabad. When Saniya was first taken to the coach he refused to coach her, later on after a week he called up the parents of Saniya and told them that he has never seen such a talent at such a tender age. Her initial training was handled by CK Bhupati father of Mahesh Bhupati, the legendary Indian tennis player.
Sania Mirza’s father was unable to take care of the expenses of the training of Saniya therefore he approached some business houses for help, GVK industries and Adidas started to sponsor her from the age of 12 years. Later on her father Imran took over as her coach. Her physiotherapist is Badrinath.
Sania Mirza learnt the professional tennis at Sinnet Tennis Academy in Secunderabad after that she moved to the Ace Tennis Academy in the United States. Currently her professional career is being managed by Global Sports, a company associated with Mahesh Bhupati and she has appointed Bob Brett who was previously the coach of Boris Becker as a specialist advisor.
Saniya Mirza started playing in international tournaments from the year 1999 when she first represented India in the World Junior Championship, Jakarta; after that Saniya went on to participate in the Asian Games in the year with Paes where she won a bronze medal. She again did India proud when she figured in the main draw for the girls doubles junior Wimbledon Tennis tournament with a 13 year old Russian player Alisa Kleybanova and won the Grand Slam title. Doing so Saniya became the first youngest Indian player to do so.
Sania Mirza has won 21 ITF titles till date. In the year 2005 Saniya Mirza created waves in the tennis world when she reached to the 3rd and 4th rounds of many Grand Slam tournaments. She has a very powerful forehand (Double handed backhand) and serves an array of strokes. She is greatly influenced by the German player Stefi Graff.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Sania, Sunitha named in Olympics doubles draw
New Delhi: India's Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao will compete in women's doubles event of the Beijing Olympics as the International Tennis Federation included the pair in the direct acceptance list for the mega-event announced on Wednesday.
Sania will also compete in the singles event while Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will lead India's challenge in men's doubles, according to the ITF list announced on Wednesday.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sania moves up in the rankings
Sania Mirza , struggling to recover from a wrist injury, moved one place up to 31 in singles and gained three spots in doubles to be 22 in the latest WTA tennis rankings.
Sania, who withdrew from the on-going Sony Ericsson Open in Miami , made the singles pre-quarterfinal at the Pacific Life Open and reached doubles semi-finals with American partner Bethanie Mattek at the same event.
In men's section, Mahesh Bhupathi continued his rise in the ATP ranking charts and stands 13th with a gain of four spots while his estranged partner Leander Paes dropped to 19, losing two positions.
Worried Sania
Sania Mirza is worried over her recurrent wrist injury as it could either result in a surgery or require her to change her grip and action, an idea she is not keen on at this stage of her career.
Sania, who played in pain before losing to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells on Tuesday, said she would try to avoid surgery but is also not keen on changing the way she grips the racket at the crucial stage in her career.
Sania says no to playing in India
"Right now it's very, very painful... I couldn't move my wrist," she said after her 1-6, 6-7 (4/7) loss.
"Usually it doesn't get this sore, so I'm a little worried right now. It gets sore and then it gets OK when I ice it and do whatever I have to do," she told reporters.
Sania, seeking MRI to diagnose the actual problem, said she would look for some other options to cure it.
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