The 2008 Wimbledon final was played between the williams sisters with elder sister Venus beating younger sister Serena in straight sets to bag her fifth singles title at Wimbledon
Bangalore Open March 8, 2008
Top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Bangalore Open, falling 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Zi Yan of China. However seeds two, three and four Venus and Serena Williams and Patty Schnyder booked their last four berths. Venus and Serena will now clash in the semifinals . Their head to head count is tied at seven wins apiece as they meet for the fifteenth time on a tennis court on super saturday.
Sania sizzles in Hopman Cup January 2, 2008
Sania Mirza inspired India to a 2-1 victory over Australia in the Hopman Cup tie at Perth and kept alive India’s hopes of reaching the final.
Sania set the ball rolling with a 6-2 2-6 6-4 win over Alicia Molik and though Peter Luczak beat Rohan Bopanna 7-6 6-3 to level the match, the Indians joined forces to win the mixed doubles 6-2 4-6 13-11 in the match tie break.
India must beat the Czech Republic and hope that Australia defeats the US, results which would leave all three teams on two wins out of three, with the group winner then decided on rubbers won.
National grasscourt tennis December 20, 2007
In the National grasscourt tennis tournament currently on in Kolkata, the two top seeds Rushmi Chakravarthi of Tamilnadu and Sonal Phadke of Maharashtra rolled on and moved into the quarter finals without much trouble.
Sania is 26th seed at US open August 23, 2007
With her impressive performances in the last few weeks, Sania Mirza has received yet another fillip by becoming the first Indian woman to be seeded in the season’s last Grand Slam.
Sania has been seeded 26th at the championship, which gets underway at the Flushing Meadows in New York from Monday. As a result of her seeding, she is likely to get an easy first round draw. Sania has made a solid start to summer hard courts in the run-up to the US Open and has to her credit five wins over top 20 players in the past few weeks.
Hello to all tennis fans August 12, 2007
As a diehard Sania Mirza fan, I hope to literally follow her around the world and post here about her exploits on the wta tour.
Sania Mirza has been on a roll since the last few weeks and has scalped many top 20 players during that period.
Here is hoping that her good run continues in the US open which is the last grand slam event of the year, starting in the second half of August.
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