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Sania Mirza and Leander
Paes in Doha Asian Games
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 Sania
Mirza and leander Paes won gold medal in Mixed Doubles Tennis
Final in 15th Asian Games held at Doha, Qatar.
Earlier in the day Sania Mirza lost to Chinees player in women's
single final. After that she played mixed doubles with Leander
Paes and won gold medal for India.
After winning the men’s doubles final with Mahesh Bhupathi earlier in the day, Paes returned to the courts with Mirza in front of a partisan crowd and the Indian pair defeated Satoshi Iwabuchi and Akiko Morigami from Japan in a thrilling three set match 7–5, 5–7, 6–2.
After playing in three finals, Mirza was relieved to walk
off court with a gold medal and said, “I’m excited. It’s very
emotional to win a gold medal for my country. I’m just relieved
to win the gold, and now I’m all wired up. After the singles
I was very tired, but I finally won a gold medal after three
finals. I struggled with my serve, but it was a long day and
a long week. But I came through and won the gold medal.”
Sania Mirza is
expected to take home USD90,000 simply for the assurance
that she will participate in the WTA Tour event which
is scheduled in Bangalore next month.
It is estimated that Paes will pocket up to $50,000
for his appearance in Doha, where he is playing this
week. Incidentally, Sania Mirza’s marketability
shot up after her fine showing at the Doha
Asian Games last month. [source dnaindia.com] |
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