India shines at Wimbledon 2015
Twelve years after turning Pro, 28-year-old Indian tennis star Sania Mirza laid hands on her first women's doubles Major title when she and Martina Hingis battled past the second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6 (- 17-year-old Nagal and his eighth seed Vietnamese partner overcame the fourth seeds Reilly Opelka and Akira Santillan 7-6(4), 6-4 in the title clash that lasted 63 minutes. (Photo: Twitter)
- Sumit Nagal entered the history books as only the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon with partner Nam Hoang Ly. (Photo: PTI)
- Paes, who was all praises for Martina, said, "Everyone knows what Martina's achieved over the years at Wimbledon. To come out there and do it back-to-back, the physical and mental effort that it takes to win two titles in the same week, is something
- Ecstatic following her victory on Sunday, Martina said, "Been to India four times. I'm meeting the prime minister and everything. It was incredible today, the chemistry between myself and Leander." (Photo: AP)
- For Leander Paes, who played his first Wimbledon in 1993, it was a 16th Grand Slam doubles title. Talking about his association with Hingis, Paes said, "We played World Team Tennis for a couple years and we're undefeated there. But to come and do it
- "With Leander, we played Team Tennis (in the United States) for the last two years. Since then it's been a great ride for me. I feel already like quarter India," said Hingis, whose last Wimbledon title before this weekend was back in 1998 in the
- Paes and Hingis had also won the Australian Open mixed doubles in January. The Wimbledon win on Sunday was Paes's eighth Grand Slam mixed title and a third for Swiss legend Hingis. (Photo: AP)
- For 34-year-old Hingis and 42-year-old Paes, it was a walk in the park, as they needed only forty minutes to bag the mixed doubles trophy. (Photo: AP)
- Martina Hingis, who had won women’s doubles title partnering Sania Mirza, added another Wimbledon trophy to her kitty in space of few hours as she and Paes outplayed Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1. (Photo: AP)
- Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and 'Swiss Miss' Martina Hingis defied age and their opponents to clinch the Wimbledon 2015 mixed doubles title. (Photo: AP)
- The trophy added to the list of firsts that Sania has against her name. She had become India's first woman player to win a Grand Slam when she won the Australian Open with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. (Photo: AP)
- In what can be considered an interesting coincidence, it was at these very historic courts that Sania had won the women's doubles junior Wimbledon championship with Russian partner Alisa Kleybanova in 2003. (Photo: AP)
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Twelve years after turning Pro, 28-year-old Indian tennis star Sania Mirza laid hands on her first women's doubles Major title when she and Martina Hingis battled past the second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6 (
India shines at Wimbledon 2015
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