By Chris Oddo | Sunday, April 12, 2015
Sania Mirza will rise to No. 1 in the WTA's doubles rankings on Monday, becoming the first woman from India to reach the top spot.
Photo Source: Family Circle Cup .
Three weeks, three titles.
And now, a big slice of history.
Sania Mirza will become the first female to ever hold the No. 1 ranking from India after she and Martina Hingis powered through the Family Circle Cup draw, notching a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak for their third consecutive title.
“I'm going to be the No. 1 in the world,” Mirza told reporters after the match. “Even 50 years from now I'll go down as the former world No. 1, and that's something that's very, very special.”
Mirza and Hingis have now won 14 consecutive matches after pairing up for the first time at Indian Wells. Perhaps the best has yet to come from this dynamic duo?
After each plays Fed Cup in the upcoming week, the pair plan to reunite on the European Clay with the goal of doing some damage in their first Grand Slam. “we head into Stuttgart; take the week off after and play the big ones, Madrid, Rome and then go into French Open,” said Mirza.
They’ve accomplished a lot in a short span of time, but Mirza stressed today that she wants more—especially the Grand Slam doubles title that has eluded her throughout her career (she owns one mixed doubles title at a major).
“Well, I'd love to win some Slams,” the Mumbai native said. “I mean I think that's something. We won the two other biggest tournaments of the year, which is Indian Wells, Miami this year already and got to No. 1. I want to—it would be great for both of us to be No. 1 together. I think that's very important to me, too… So yeah, that's one of the goals is to be No. 1 together, but also to try and, you know, just carry this performance on in Slams.”
During her press conference Mirza reflected on her roots, and speculated on what her amazing achievement might mean both for women of all backgrounds.
“That it's possible,” Mirza said. “You know, I'm also the I'm the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations for women in the subcontinent. And I always say anything is possible. You have to believe that as a woman and as a girl you are not a weakness; you're a strength. And just that it's possible. Anything is possible. If you put your mind to it, you put sacrifices to it, you put hard work to it, anything is possible, no matter where you're from.”