Sania Among Top 10 Tennis Beauties

The Chinese media has included Sania Mirza among the world's all-time `Top 10 Tennis Beauties' along with Russian star Maria Sharapova and former player Gabriela Sabatini. Sania figured 10th in the list carried out by the official Xinhua news agency.

Sania, currently ranked 66 in the world, was shown wearing a traditional Indian dress as well as donning a tennis attire, in picture shot during a Grand Slam Championship.

The ten who figured in the list in order: Gabriela Sabatini, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Anna Kournikova, Martina Hingis, Daniela Hantuchova, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Sania Mirza.

Sania Puts India In Group B of Hopman Cup

INDIA has won its way into this year's Hopman Cup in Perth with a straight-sets win over Chinese Taipei in the inaugural Asian Hopman Cup in Hyderabad, India. World No.66 Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won the $US20,000 ($A25,642) prize money and also the vacant eighth spot in this year's main event at the Burswood Dome in Perth starting on December 30.

Both Mirza and Bopanna survived 90-minute matches to beat I-Hsuan Hwang and Ti Chen respectively. Mirza won 6-2 6-4 and Bopanna 6-3 6-4.

The Indians now join Spain, the Czech Republic and Croatia in Group B of the Hopman Cup. The 20-year-old Mirza said the win was one of the proudest moments of her life, especially coming in front of a passionate home-town crowd.

Happy Birthday, Sania

Happy Birthday, Sania. Many happy returns of the day!
Today Sania reaches 20 and starts a new phase of her life.
Over the last few years she has proven herself to be a phenomenon and encouraged so many young girls in India to prove their worth in their own fields.

Currently her year-end ranking is at No.66 -- down from her phenomenal rise to the top 40 in the world barely months earlier. Many believe she is well in her descent despite her youth. But we believe a two digit number does not reveal the whole story of the game that Sania played so desterously in her life spanning only 2 decades.

We believe the best is yet to arrive and we look forward to many years of her active and exemplary life.

Sania's New Rank: 67th

Sania Mirza moved to 67th spot in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings despite taking last week off. Sania lost in the first round of the Bangkok Open two weeks ago to American Meghann Shaughnessy and dropped seven places in the previous rankings list.

But overall it has been a good couple of months for Mirza. She performed well in the Sunfest Open in Kolkata, where she reached the semi-finals, and the Korean Open, where she defeated former world number one Martina Hingis.