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12 centrespread centrespread 13 APRIL 19-25, 2015 APRIL 19-25, 2015 , 28 INDIAN Saina Nehwal, 25 No. 1 in the WTA ranking for women’s doubles. No. 1 in women's singles after her Open Super Mirza, with 7660 points, beat ’s Sara Errani Series win, lost it briefl y and regained it on Thursday who had 7640 points WOMEN Road to the Top: Mirza’s decision to partner Swiss star in the WTA doubles circuit led to three consecutive titles — Indian Wells, Miami Road to the Top: ON Twitter followers Open and Family Nehwal won the 2015 Circle Cup TOP 702K Grand Prix Twitter followers Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza are oftenoften Gold by defeating mentionedmentioned in thethe same breathbreath due to theirtheir Spain's . 2.51 similarsimilar soundingsounding names and common She became the first million Indian woman shuttler hometown, .Hyderabad. There is to reach All England a more compellingcompelling similaritysimilarity Open nownow afterafter thethe twotwo becamebecame Championships finals but lost to Marin. On March thethe fi rst Indian women to 29, Nehwal won her bebe ranked No. 1 in their maiden women's singles sportssports — badmintonbadminton andand title at the Sunrise The Latest Win: India Open 2015 and , respectively.respectively. ET clinched the top ranking Family Circle Cup Magazine trackstracks ttheirheir (Women's Doubles) journejourneyy to tthehe toptop:: Finals M Hingis/ S Mirza 6 6 C Dellacqua/ D Jurak 0 4 The Latest Win: Yonex Sunrise India Open 2015 Semifi nals Finals M Hingis/ S Mirza 6 1 10 Defeated (Thailand) 21-16 21-14 A Kudryavtseva/ A Pavlyuchenkova 4 6 7 Semifi nals Semifi nals Defeated Yui Hashimoto (Japan) 21-15 21-11 M Erakovic/ A Petkovic 4 6 5 Quarterfi nals C Dellacqua/ D Jurak 6 1 10 Defeated Hana Ramadhini (Indonesia) 21-15 21-12

Quarterfi nals Pre-quarters M Hingis/ S Mirza 7 4 13 Defeated G Ruthvika Shivani 21-16 21-17 A Medina Garrigues/ Y Shvedova 5 6 11 Medal Tally Career Wins-Losses Career Titles Summer Olympics 2012: 1 Bronze Singles: 271-161 Singles: 1 WTA, 14 ITF : 1 Gold The Early Years Doubles: 399-172 Doubles: 26 WTA, 4 ITF The Early Years Mirza won 10 singles Nehwal was born in , and 13 doubles titles as , but has long Awards Medal Tally Awards a junior player. She won the been based in Hyderabad. In in 2004, Afro-Asian Games: 4 Gold Arjuna Award (2009); 2003 Wimbledon Champi- 2006, she became the under-19 in 2006, Asian Games: 2 Gold, 3 national champion and created history (2010); Rajiv Gandhi Award, Silver, 3 Bronze onships Girls' Doubles ti- Padma Shri (2010) tle, partnering . by winning the Asian Satellite Time magazine's 2005 Commonwealth Games: Badminton tournament (India Chapter) Asia's Hero Award 1 Silver, 1 Bronze She reached the semifi nals of the 2003 Girls' Dou- twice. The same year, Nehwal also became bles with Sanaa Bhambri. She was the fi rst Indian woman to win the `1 crore `1 crore the fi rst Indian girl to win the Philippines Open. The same year she Is what Nehwal is expected to make The amount Mirza is likely to get for each Junior Asian Championships was also the runner up at BWF World Junior from each endorsement. Currently, she endorses just six brands, including Kiara, endorsement per year. Her endorsement value and was ranked 10 in the world in the Championships and in the 2008 she is likely to rise 20-25%, from `60-75 lakh. Herbalife and Yonex, at `60-75 lakh Juniors became the fi rst Indian to win She has deals with Adidas, Wilson, FabB the World Junior Badminton for an annual contract. She is the brand and Vencobb Chicken and is the brand Championships ambassador for Sahara ambassador for Sources: badmintonindia.org, saniamirzatennisacademy.com, wtatennis.com