Tennis

¤ Indian tennis fans are still celebrating after Sania Mirza became the nation's first female winner of a WTA Tour singles event on Saturday. The unseeded 18-year-old, ranked 134th in the world, won the Hyderabad Open in front of a delirious home crowd...

¤ Indian tennis fans are still celebrating after Sania Mirza became the nation's first female winner of a WTA Tour singles event on Saturday. The unseeded 18-year-old, ranked 134th in the world, won the Hyderabad Open in front of a delirious home crowd when she defeated ninth seed Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4 5-7 6-3. The win will take Mirza close to her immediate target of breaking into the top 100.

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