Our loyal reader Karunya reminded us that we had failed to report that 23-year-old Sania Mirza called off her engagement to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza in January. The reason for their separation is stated to be incompatibility, agreed by both Sania and Sohrab.
Sania Mirza and Sohrab Mirza got engaged July 10, 2009 in a lavish ceremony. Their families, friends for half a century, will retain good relations. (via BBC)
Elena Dementieva, Maria Kirilenko, Sania Mirza and Zheng Jie took part in an annual exhibition tournament the Glam Slam – Showdown of Champions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our friend HCFoo attended the meet-the-fans session held on Friday and followed the rest of the event at home.
Dementieva and Kirilenko defeated Mirza and Zheng 3-0. The Russians won in doubles on Saturday 6-4 5-7 10-8. Then on Sunday, Kirilenko beat Zheng 6-3 4-6 6-4, and Dementieva completed Russian domination by downing Mirza 6-4 7-6 (7-0).
HCFoo's overall impression is that the Glam Slam – Showdown of Champions wasn't actually glamorous and that the organization should have been much better. In addition, the attendance was bad and there was lack of publicity. Still, the matches were worth watching, as the players took them seriously and fought hard.
Elena Dementieva left a lovely impression on HCFoo:
I've never met a player so friendly… she would look deep in your eyes, greet you and give you a big smile! *faint*
Kuala Lumpur, Malasya, will welcome Russians Elena Dementieva and Maria Kirilenko, Indian Sania Mirza and Chinese Zheng Jie at the Showdown of Champions 2009, an exhibition event set to take place December 18-19.
The exhibition is a nice intro to the Malasya Classic, a new International-level tournament added to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar to be hosted by Kuala Lumpur in February 2010. (source: HCFoo's Tennis Blog, photos: chascow, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Ralf Reinecke)
Despite all the drama, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, 23, got engaged to childhood friend Mohammed Sohrab Mirza at the Hotel Taj Krishna in the city of Hyderabad on Friday.
Even though media were very excited about the engagement, they were not welcome at the private event, and only this one photo is available.
Sania was looking amazing, dressed in a dazzling Shantanu & Nikhil Swarovski-studded ghagra bought by the groom's family.
In front of close to 300 guests, the lavish celebration began with a ceremonial exchange of rings. The 23-year-old Sohrab broke hearts of millions of men and put a $205,000 diamond ring on Sania’s finger. He also offered jewelry to her family to express his affection.
According to Sania’s family the couple will not tie the knot soon, as the tennis star is planning to continue focusing on her career. (source: HCFoo's Tennis Blog)
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, ranked 85th in the world, is to get engaged to family friend Sohrab Mirza on Friday, and two men could not handle that.
On Wednesday, Mohammad Ashraf was arrested after threatening to kill himself if Mirza did not marry him. On Thursday, Ajay Singh Yadav told the police that he had been in love with Mirza for five years and also wanted to marry her.
Mohammed Ashraf, an engineering student, tried to enter Mirza's house in Hyderabad and threatened to commit suicide if her engagement was not cancelled. Ashraf fell in love with Mirza two years ago, watching her play in Bangalore.
Another student, Ajay Singh Yadav arrived in Hyderabad in the morning and rushed towards Mirza's house, saying he wanted to meet her. When he did not go away despite warnings, the police took him in to custody.
BTW: I thought Mirza has already been engaged. Apparently she was just planning to get engaged. (source: BBC, photo: Ralf Reinecke)
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