April 13, 2015 7:26 AM

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Sania Mirza creates history, becomes World no 1 in doubles

Sania Mirza has created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis, at Charleston in the United States. In the lop-sided final of the clay court event yesterday, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair blew away the challenge of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0, 6-4 in just 57 minutes. Sania took 470 points from the win to take her tally to 7965 as she jumped past Italy's Sara Errani 7640 and Roberta Vinci 7640 to sit atop the ranking table. The official ranking chart will be issued today. Sania is also first female player from the country to win Grand Slam tournaments. It is Sania's third successive title win with Hingis and they have not lost as a single match since joining forces in March. Before Sania, only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi had achieved the top rank when they dominated men's doubles circuit in the last 90s.

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