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World number 100 Sania, playing her first tournament after a lengthy injury lay-off, beat the higher-ranked Szavay, who was representing Team Europe, 6-3 6-4 on Friday night.
Earlier, the Indian ace teamed up with Chinese Zheng Jie to clinch the doubles final 6-1 6-1 against the pair of Europe captain and world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Portugal's Michelle Larcher de Brito.
The wins gave Asia-Pacific a 2-0 lead in the three-match finals before Jankovic's pull-out from the reverse singles made it 3-0.
Jankovic opted out of the match against Jie on Saturday due to flu which the Serb said had left her "feeling weak and sick for the last couple of days".
Asia-Pacific could not make the Gold Group finals of the exhibition tournament after losing to Team Russia. Sania had gone down to old nemesis Ana Chakvetadze 4-6 4-6 in that semi-final rubber.
The twin wins on Friday night come as massive confidence boosters for the injury-ravaged Indian ahead of the Australian Open this month.
The 21-year-old was off courts for most part of the year 2008 due to injuries with a wrist ailment deteriorating to career-threatening proportion.
The Hyderabadi, who relies heavily on her power-packed forehands, was unable to even lift a fork while being treated for the wrist injury, as a result of which her rankings also plummeted.
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Sania Mirza will become World No. 1 in 6 to 8 months. She will win Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open this year
Congratulations !!! Well deserved victory baby you got so much to give to this world of Tennis, Keep it up!!!!
Compare the win of Somdev to Sania's. Sania has outshone all players in India like one million suns outshine the piddly firefly. It is because Sania has the secular conviction of her progressive muslim community behind her, unlike Somdev and other Indu players who, with every win, bring secularism to disgrace. Secularism requires that from India the majority players should be reserved to participate, and also if an Indian wins it should only be Muxxxlim or Xxxtian.
Dear "Shamless Indian Secular Hindu",Your anguish can be largely reduced through the simple measure of storing the chilli powder a safe distance from the toilet paper. These two items simply mustn't come in contact.Otherwise, plij continue to enjoy your "indu" daydreams.
You are only Shameless, neither are you an Indian nor are you secular. If you had been either of them, you would not try to categorize achievements like this into the cesspool of majority/minority community. Let us celebrate her achievement as an Indian, not as a member of any community. And in future it would help you to keep your mouth shut instead of mouthing such idiotic garbage.