Born on November 15, 1986, Sania Mirza is an Indian professional tennis player, currently ranked world No. 1 in women’s doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the Women’s Tennis Association as India’s No. 1 player, both in singles and doubles. Throughout her career, Mirza has established herself as the most successful female Indian tennis player in history and one of the highest-paid and high-profile athletes in the country. In her singles career, Mirza has had wins over the likes of Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva and Marion Bartoli; as well as former world No. 1s Martina Hingis, Dinara Safina, and Victoria Azarenka. She is the highest ranked female player ever from India, peaking at world No. 27 in singles in mid-2007; however, a major wrist injury forced her to give up her singles career and focus on the doubles circuit, where she is currently ranked world No. 1. She has achieved a number of firsts for her native country, including surpassing US$1 million in career earnings (now over $5 million), winning a Pro-level title, and winning five major titles (two in women’s doubles and three in mixed doubles), as well as qualifying for (and eventually winning) the WTA Finals in 2014, alongside Cara Black. In addition, she is the third Indian woman in the Open Era to feature and win a round at a Grand Slam tournament (going as far as the last 16). She has also won a total of 14 medals (including 6 Gold) at three major multi-sport events, namely the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Afro-Asian Games. Mirza was named one of the “50 heroes of Asia” by Time in October 2005.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who top scored for India in the T20 match against South Africa on October 2, 2015?
2. For which team Kedar Jadhav played in IPL-8?
3. Which faction of JKCA fielded the team in the first Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at Srinagar this season?
4. Who partnered Sania Mirza in Wuhan Open women’s doubles event?
5. Who is Anirudh Choudhary?
Answers of the last week:
1. Dhoni & Kohli 2. Rajasthan Royals 3. Ansari faction 4. Martina Hingis 5. President, Jharkhand Cricket Association.
The best entry of this week was received from Gaurav Sharma, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. The other entries of the week were Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu; Sahil Gupta, New Plots, Jammu; Rajesh Sharma, Hiranagar, Kathua; Manpreet Singh, Nanak Nagar and Akash Choudhary, near Flour Mill, Gangyal, Jammu.
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