Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirzais an Indian professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in the women's doubles rankings. 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 ever and one of the highest-paid and high-profile athletes in the country...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 November 1986
CityMumbai, India
CountryIndia
I think people tend to forget that as celebrities we are still human. We have the same emotions - we cry, we have fun, we laugh, we get sad, and we get hurt. When something is written about you, which millions of people are reading, and it is not true, imagine how hurtful it can be.
My injury happened during the match, ... I went to hit an overhand and it felt like I basically hyper-extended my back. I couldn't really move very well after that, and it felt very stiff.
One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.
I guess I'm playing the best tennis I've ever played (but) it's always one match at a time. You can't just jump ahead.
I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.
I have always said that the second year was going to be tougher than the first. You cannot jump from top-40 to top-20 in two months.
She is a great player, but everyone is beatable,
I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.
I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences have never come in the way of playing for India.
Martina is one player I admired and was really disappointed that she wasn't around when I started playing the tour. I am just excited to play with her and I think I played a great match and made her work hard for her points.
I think I played one of my best matches. She's the number one seed, and I'm happy that I was able to play my game.
for whatever I have to do on court as an 18-year-old.
When I go out on court, I don't care what I look like. I don't care if I'm out of my bed as long as I win the match, and that's what I'm there for. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, it doesn't matter what I look, it doesn't matter what my hair feels like. All I feel is the moment I have to play well, give my 100% and win the match.
When I used to say I wanted to play at Wimbledon, they used to laugh in my face and say, 'What are you talking about, you're from Hyderabad, and you're supposed to... cook.' That's one of the notions that people have in this side of the world - it is our 'culture', within quotes, you know, to say what a woman can or cannot do.