Indian tennis star Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first-round defeat in Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday, losing her women’s doubles alongside America’s Madison Keys. The six-time grand slam champion has many achievements to her name. Let’s take a look at her top-5 achievements
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In April 2015 Sania Mirza became the world no.1 player in women’s doubles and till now she is the only Indian women’s tennis player to do so.
Source: Sania Mirza Twitter
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In women’s doubles too Sania Mirza has three grand slams to her name teaming up with veteran Martina Hingis and winning Wimbledon and US Open 2015 as well as Australian Open in 2016.
Source: WTA
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Sania Mirza has won three mixed doubles grand slams including Australian Open 2009 and French Open 2012 with Mahesh Bhupathi and US Open 2014 with Bruno Soares.
Source: ausopen.com
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Sania Mirza’s achievements have not only been limited to doubles. The Hyderabadi star came up with her best performance in singles when she entered the fourth round of the US Open 2005 losing to Maria Sharapova in the fourth round match of women’s singles.
Source: usopen.org
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Sania Mirza teamed up with veteran Leander Paes to win a gold medal in Doha Asian Games 2006 in mixed doubles competition.
