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.
. People had written her off after her dismal performance in the recent grand slams and plus her loss to Hingis in the recently concluded Kolkata open. This win will go a long way in boosting her confidence and I hope she continues her winning streak.
). I really can’t compare the techniques of Sania Mirza with someone like Monica. Sania doesn’t have a well built physique like Steffi but she does have the agility. I have increasingly realised that tennis as a game is more of power play rather than being agile on the court. Williams sisters and Amelie Mauresmo prove my point further.
