Sania Mirza would have found life remarkably more straightforward had she been born in an era when women players wore nothing less than an ankle-length dress, bustle, tie, hat and gloves.
But when the Indian goes on court today in a thigh-length skirt – hardly unusual amid a generation of scantily clad players – it [...]

Indian tennis starlet Sania Mirza blasted her way into the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday, easing past Russia’s Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets.
Mirza, 20, wasted no time on Court 6 as she demolished the 19-year-old Muscovite 6-0, 6-3 in 55 minutes.
However, Mirza was frustrated by her opponent at 5-2 up in the final [...]