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Sania Mirza,history maker at Wimbledon

Switzerland's Martina Hingis (R) and India's Sania Mirza confer during their women's doubles third round match against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja on day seven of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 6, 2015.   RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE  -- AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

 

Those tennis fans in India who had not stayed up late to watch the women’s doubles final at SW19 on Saturday night woke up to good news coming in from London early on Sunday morning, what with the pair of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza having come from behind to win the title. It is, by all means, a momentous achievement for the women’s game in India and has put Sania, 28, on a pedestal atop which no Indian woman has stepped before.Details

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