It has been reported that Indian female tennis star Sania Mirza is now engaged. 22 year old Sania is engaged to Sohrab Mirza, a business scholar from her hometown of Hyderabad.
The 22-year-old Sania, now ranked only 95th in the world, is not planning to stop playing competitive tennis, just as her fiancé wants to pursue higher studies. Their marriage will therefore not take place in the near future.
I also find it a little strange that she is engaged to someone with the same surname, but The Tennis Times wishes them the best of luck.
The Australian Davis Cup team has just escaped suspension from the Davis Cup and instead will be fined $12,800 AUD by the ITF.
The ITF’s five-member Davis Cup committee held talks about what penalties Australia should face for refusing to travel to Chennai for the May 8-10 tie because of security concerns.
“The ITF’s Davis Cup committee … decided that Australia would not be suspended from the 2010 competition or relegated from Asia/Oceania zone group 1,” the ITF said in a brief statement.
“Australia will lose choice of ground for their next home tie regardless of the opponent and will pay a fine of $US10,000.
“Australia will also be liable for costs to both the ITF and to the All India Tennis Association to be determined at a later date.”
Tennis Australia had asked for the event to be moved to a neutral venue but the ITF insisted it should go ahead as scheduled.
India’s tennis chiefs have urged the ITF to punish Australia, saying they would have been aware of the potential consequences of forfeiting the tie.
The boycott gave India automatic qualification for the World Group play-offs in September.
The Internation Tennis Federation (ITF) has scheduled to make a final decision today about whether to suspend the Australian Davis Cup team for next year. This all has to do with Australia not wanting to play their Davis Cup match which was scheduled on May 8 – 10 because of security concerns.
In an interview with ABC News Australia, the former world number one doubles player said that ITF should consider the fact that the team made the decision for valid reasons. Aside from the one year ban, Tennis Australia could be fined up to $100,000.
