Everything is sponsored

by Sharique on December 20, 2006

Our Sania ji’s sponsors must be quite happy after her recent Doha success. She has endorsed every brand she could lay her hands on. So here are the sponsors

1. Pendant from Kundan Jewellery

2. Bangles from Navratna

3. That SEKC nose ring from Hyderabad jewelers.

4. Lipstick from Levon

5. Belts and bags from ??? (I think a gift from her ever-young-just-30-going-on-31-Amma)

6. Swiss watch

Damn her ears are not visible!

A day after she clinched the mixed doubles gold at the Doha Asian Games, India’s youngest sporting icon Sania Mirza returned to her native Hyderabad on Thursday (December 14).
Mirza missed the gold in the Women Singles as Chinese Zheng Jie overcame the 20-year-old Indian 6-4 1-6 6-1 in a clash lasting almost two hours.
Mirza, who enjoyed a breakthrough 2005 when she became the first Indian to claim a WTA title and reach the top-50 in the women’s rankings, has had a relatively disappointing season.
But one gold and two silvers at the Asian Games have put her back on the winning league.

“Obviously I’ve had a tough year, It’s been a very average year but at the time when I had to peak, I did. I think I am playing the best tennis I ever did and I think my fitness levels have gone up quite a few notches and that has helped my performance a lot and I think I worked hard in the last one, one-and-a-half month and I’m happy that it’s paying off now,” Mirza told reporters after arriving at her native Hyderabad.

We Indians are masters at making someone a star over small successes. Remember Hrishikesh Kanitkar? He was a hero after he played the magnificent knock against Pakistan in Dhaka. He cemented his position in the team for another year but unfortunately his newly found stardom was quickly forgotten because of his poor performances. Same is the case with Sania ji. Lets see. She is only 20, she has been from 20 for long i guess..hmm…may be 21, and a long time before she ties her knot so fingers crossed.

The gold at the Mixed Doubles event was sweet revenge for Mirza and her partner Leander Paes, who won a bronze in the 2002 Asiad in South Korea.
Though Mirza said all players aimed at the gold medal, she was happy by playing good tennis.

Ya, little bit, you are disappointed (at losing out on the gold medal), but having said that, I played some great tennis and I think Zheng (Zheng Jie of China) just deserved to win on that particular day. I didn’t play with my best tennis but I think I gave all I had and I think that’s more important. I gave my 100 percent but you know, silver is not so bad either,” Mirza said.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

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pi 12.21.06 at 7:41 am

i agree with her, silver isnt too bad. i lack the desi competitive spirit. btw how do u know where her accessories are sponsored from? and wat is levon. do u mean revlon? hahahah.

P.S what happened to part 2 of the last post. this is becoming like those weekly desi soap operas. pls revert to daily drama.

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Sharique 12.21.06 at 3:00 pm

Wahi revlon…I was not sure just tried to guess from ebay :)

sabr karo aa raha hai…by today evening

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narcicizma 12.22.06 at 2:49 am

She’s living the capitalist’s dream;
Make hay while the sun shines.
I’m surprised she’s picked up all these endorsements. Did she win any important tournaments after the US Open, I wonder.

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