Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: There has by no means been an enormous title for India within the sport of tennis. Although many gamers like Ramanathan Krishnan, Vijay Amrit Raj, Rohan Bopanna, Somdev Burman, Nirupama Sanjeev proved their mettle however none of them may do what Sania Mirza did. Sania has six Grand Slam titles to her title. She has received the Grand Slam title 3 times in blended doubles and the identical variety of instances in girls’s doubles. She is the one feminine tennis participant from India who has achieved this feat.

Apart from him, males’s tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi has received the Grand Slam title 12 instances (4 males’s doubles and eight blended doubles), whereas Leander Paes has received the lads’s doubles Grand Slam title 8 instances. After a decade of independence in 1947, that’s, until the yr 1960, the caravan of Indian tennis had come to a standstill. After this, when this caravan began, the credit score goes to Ramanathan Krishnan. Ramanathan turned the primary Asian participant to win the Wimbledon Boys Singles title. In the ultimate, he defeated four-time Grand Slam champion Ashley Cooper.

Sania modified the image of ladies’s tennis in India

Sania Mirza is the one Indian girl participant on this record to have received the Grand Slam title greater than as soon as. She is credited with the transformation of ladies’s tennis in India. Nirupama Sanjeev was the primary Indian girl to win her first Grand Slam match on the 1998 Australia Open. Apart from this, there was no second probability for the nation to depend the achievements of ladies’s tennis till Sania Mirza stepped into the world of tennis. Sania additionally received 42 WTA doubles titles together with 6 Grand Slams. She turned the primary girl participant from India to occupy the primary place within the WTA doubles rankings.

All 6 Grand Slam Titles of Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza together with Mahesh Bhupathi received the blended doubles title of 2009 Australian Open. Two years later, the pair achieved the identical feat on the French Open. Sania Mirza’s third blended doubles Grand Slam title got here in 2014, when she received the US Open title along with her Brazilian associate Bruno Soares. In 2015, Sania teamed up with Swiss legend Martina Hingis, profitable 44 matches in a row and profitable 3 consecutive Grand Slam titles. These embody the 2015 Wimbledon Open and the US Open in addition to the 2016 French Open.

75th Independence Day: Neeraj Chopra had given historical gold to the country, a precious moment of 75 years of independence

These achievements of Sania Mirza are very particular for India. There have been many male tennis gamers who performed tennis for India and likewise proved their mettle. But there had by no means been such an enormous title amongst girls. But Sania Mirza did it and she or he is presently the most important feminine tennis participant within the nation. On the Amrit Festival of Independence, if we have a look at the particular achievements from the sector of sports activities within the 75 years of independence, then this achievement of Sania Mirza will certainly be counted amongst them.