Sunfeast Update on Sania

Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza and her top ranked partner Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain stormed into the semifinal of the $170,000 WTA Sunfeast Open tennis tournament here today.The fourth seeded Indo-Spanish duo made short work of unseeded pair of Sunitha Rao (USA) and Villmarie Castellvi (Puerto Rico) 6-1, 6-3 before a handful of spectators at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.

Sweden needs a Sania: Wilander

Sweden's former Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander paid tribute to the Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza saying that his country also needs a player like her to get more women interested in the game.

"I have seen her in action at Wimbledon. She is aleady a good player on the tennis circuit and has potential to do even better. The more she works on her tennis the better it would be for her. She is playing amazing tennis."

Now, a chapter on Sania

A chapter on Sania will be taught in Chhattisgarh’s 285 state-owned madrassas, or seminaries, if a proposal by the state’s madrassa board is accepted. “We plan to introduce a chapter dedicated to Sania in the 285 madrassas of Chhattisgarh, where over 17,000 kids are enrolled for education in Classes 1 to 8,” board chairman Adil Hamid Khan said.