Tennis hero Mahesh Bhupathi was seen holding his daughter during the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament in Chennai.

The little daughter is quite a cute baby. Here is the picture of Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi’s daughter Saira.

Maria Sharapova is on her first visit to India, she said, “It takes so much both mentally and physically to play in two formats. It becomes difficult to give equal attention to singles and doubles.”

Further, Sharapova talked about her experience with Sania Mirza on-court. Sania Mirza stopped playing singles due to her growing knee injuries.

Sharapova said, “It has been long since we played but she was a great talent. I am really happy that she is doing well in doubles. It is hard to continue with both formats. Sometimes you got to choose one.”

She played against Sania Mirza two times including the 4th round at 2005 US Open.

On the other hand, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza is ranked 12th in doubles and 280th in singles.

The tennis academy will provide best quality training to the new and young talent.

Meanwhile, the construction work is on at the site and expected to be complete in March 2013.

Talking to media, Sania Mirza said, “I had been thinking about it for past few years now. I always wanted to give something back to sport and to India in whatever way. Sharing experience and trying to provide players a platform to perform at the highest level is the best way to give something back to the game.”

She said, “Hopefully, if not in the next 5 years, may be in 10 years, 12 years, we will have players coming out of that academy.”

The tennis academy will be constructed in four acre and 9 hard courts will be made at first. Later, nine more hard courts will be made including three clay courts.

In the meantime, Sania Mirza’s former mixed doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi had also launched a tennis academy in Bangalore in 2011.

Sania said, “It’s been great. As tennis players you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better result. I played six finals, won a Grand Slam and made the final of China open which is the biggest tournament after Slam. So, it’s been a great year.”

She added, “I achieve my best ranking this year (No 7 in doubles) and next year, I would like to better that.”

The tennis player needs to change her tennis doubles partner this reason. Sania Mirza played with Russian Elena Vesnina, American Bethanie Mattek Sands, Australian Anastasia Rodionova, Yaroslav Shvedova and now with Spanish Nuria Llagostera Vives.

Serena had a 9-1 record against Azarenka prior to the final and she hadn’t dropped a set in the tournament, losing only 19 games through six matches before Sunday, reports Xinhua.

“Serena deserves the win. She showed how true of a champion she is,” said Azarenka, “I definitely gave it all today. I will have no regrets.”

However, Azarenka hadn’t dropped a three-set match all season until Sunday, going 12-0 in matches that went the distance, including victories over defending US Open champion Sam Stosur in the quarterfinals and 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the semifinals.

And Azarenka was even two points away from the championship victory at 30-30 with Williams serving, but couldn’t convert. And when she served for the victory at 5-4, she made three errors in the game to show the jitters that are understandable as this was only her second career Grand Slam final.

Serena, who turns 31 Sep 26, is the first 30-year-old woman to win the US Open since Martina Navratilova in 1987. She won her very first major championship at age 17 at the 1999 US Open. (IANS)

Stunned Olympic gold medal at 2012 London Olympics by Murray is called as revenge time as on the same Centre court last month Murray had defeated by Swiss on the Wimbledon final and recorded 17th grand slam title. But Sunday’s victory in three straight sets the balance equal between Murray and Roger.

With a armed king form, Murray cheered his fans by beating the world number one, giving the biggest worsen gift to the World No. 1 Roger Federer, on his birthday as his birthday is come on August 08 and his defeat spoiled all the celebration moments.

Sunday’s hunt match is the biggest worse moment of Federer’s life as it closed the doors for him to complete his “golden career slam” as well as Olympic singles crown. Reason is that in upcoming Olympic Games that moves on to Rio de Janeiro, Federer will be of 34.

Source said, while Murray moved 4-2 ahead in the first set he barely gave Federer a look-in, rattling off nine games in a row to seize complete control of the final and went for the third set. He set a 3-2 lead with a searing backhand and marched on to victory.

Now Murray next haunt match will lead to huge expectations to become the first British tennis player to win two gold medals in mixed doubles final with Laura Robson

This was the quarterfinal match of the London Olympics 2012 Games tennis event at the Wimbledon in London on Friday.

However, the match will now be played on Saturday, means today.

In the meantime, Leander Paes, who earlier won bronze medal in 1996 singles, and Sania Mirza are the only hope from India in tennis in 2012 London Olympics games.

India’s tour in men’s singles and doubles and women’s doubles had ended with a negative result.

This victorious move brought for him Centre Court’s £80 million prize.

Since getting his 16th Grand Slam at the 2010 Australian Open, Federe had been waiting for another hit that has moved in his eighth Wimbledon final and 24th Grand Slam championship match.

He defeated Murray by 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to join Pete Sampras and William Renshaw as a seven-time champion.

The Father of two twin girls Myla Rose and Charlene Riva who are believes to be three later this month, going to be 30 is still in the new golden age of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal who had played in the previous four Grand Slam finals.

“I feel I have a great game. I’m so happy I’m at the age I am right now, because I had such a great run and I know there’s still more possible,” Federe said while interacting with media and expressing his joy.

Further adding, “It’s very different than when I was 20 or 25. I’m at a much more stable place in my life. I wouldn’t want anything to change. So this is very, very special right now. The victory today is a dream come true today for me and my family and seeing them there. Yeah, it’s big.”

Moreover, this amazing grand victory of Federe permit him to comeback with huge optimization of successive series to the world’s top ranking All England Club for the Olympics, his next target.

The best player who is in wait for another hit as top on the world rank, said there was doubt, he would be back again. “It was just a temporary thing.”

Talking to media, the 4-times champion, Serena Williams said, “I have has nothing to lose in the last-four clash on Thursday.”

Meanwhile, Serena Williams has banged down 13 aces in her quarter-final rout of Petra Kvitova, faces the Australian Open champion.

The world number six-tennis player, Serena Williams said, “It’s going to be another match where I have absolutely nothing to lose.”

She was talking to media after blitzing Kvitova, she said, “I can just go out there and enjoy myself and have fun.”

On the other hand, the Belarusian, who beat Tamira Paszek to register her place in the semi-finals, has only beaten Serena Williams once in eight meetings.

Talking to media, Azarenka said, “She’s a great fighter.”

Further, Azarenka added, “She never gives up. You always see that, no matter what the score is, she will go for her shots…”

Azarenka said, “I don’t really like to look back in history because every time you step on the court it’s a new story. You kind of write your own history every time.”

However, in another semi-final, world 3rd ranks tennis player, Agnieszka Radwanska takes on eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber.

Angelique Kerber said, “I think against Radwanska it will also be a long match and a tough one because she moves very well on grass.”