Sania / Bhupati : Australian Open Mixed Doubles 2009 Winners

Sania Mirza , the hyderabad hurricane along with Mahesh Bhupathi have clinched the Australian Open Mixed Doubles 2009 title with 6-3 , 6- 1 win over the French and Israeli pair of Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram .

This was the secong time when they have reached the mixed doubles final , the only difference this year is that they have won it this time. This was the celebration time specially down here at Hyderabad and the entire India , were most of the Hyderabadi' were glued to there tv sets to get the latest . 

This victory was the reply to all her crtics who claimed that she can never go beyond second round in her entire career. We hope that Sania Mriza will very soon win more grand slams and make all Hyderabadi's and Indian's more proud .

Sania Advances in Doubles @ Australian Open 2008

Sania Mirza won both her women's and mixed doubles matches at the Australian Open on Sunday.In women's doubles, Sania and her Australian partner Alicia Molik (seeded sixth) beat Russians Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to advance to the third round.Sania-Molik will now take on 12th seeds Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Israeli Shahar Peer.

Sania partnered Mahesh Bhupathi for the opening round of the event and they ousted local favourites Molik and Nathan Healy 6-1, 6-4.Sania and Bhupathi now have a tough match on hand as they will be up against second seeds Lisa Raymond and Simon Aspelin in the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2008.

Sania Mirza , often referred as Hyderabad hurricane , unfortunately is out of singles in the australian open. Lets Hope Sania does wonders in her coming matches and make our city 'Hyderabad' proud.

Sania Mirza at Australian Open 2008

Sania Mirza defeated Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland on Thursday in the second round of the women's singles at the Australian Open 2008 to enter the third round.The 20-year-old Indian from the city of HYDERABAD ,in a battle lasting for one hour and 44 minutes, Sania won the match 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. She will now meet eight seed Venus Williams of the US in the third round.Sania banked on the unforced errors of her opponent to wrap up the first set in style.

On Wednesday, Sania and her Australian partner Alicia Molik won their women's doubles first round match beating Eleni Daniilidou of Greece and Jasmin Woehr of Germany 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Sania has so far won all her singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches in the tournament. She had beaten Iroda Tulyaganova in the first round 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the women's singles and has also advanced to the second round of mixed doubles along with her partner Rohan Bopanna.

Mirza has struggled with injury over the last year, and the problems have continued in 2008. She had an average outing in the Hopman Cup team event before reaching the quarter-finals of a Tier-IV event in Hobart. But so far she is making the city of Hyderabad proud of performance in the Game of tennis.