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Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupathi Win Mixed Doubles Title at Roland Garros

Roland Garros - Mixed Doubles Final

7 Bhupathi & Mirza d Jans-Ignacik & Giraldo - 76(3) 61

India in the house!

This is Mahesh's 8th mixed doubles Slam title - he has 2 at each.

He also has 4 men's doubles Slam titles.

As for Sania, this is her 2nd mixed doubles Slam title.

Well done guys.

Photo: fft

Wimbledon's Fallen Seeds & Notables on Day 1

The Men

Peter Luczak d 30 Tommy Robredo - 26 76(3) 62 75

Michal Przysiezny d 17 Ivan Ljubicic - 75 76(5) 63

Denis Istomin d 20 Stanislas Wawrinka - 67(5) 61 26 76(4) 63

Daniel Brands d Igor Andreev - 76(5) 76(4) 75

Arnaud Clement d Janko Tipsarevic - 63 36 64 75

The Women

Vera Dushevina d Francesca Schiavone - 67(0) 75 61

Greta Arn d 34 Kateryna Bondarenko - 76(1) 36 63

Shahar Peer d Ana Ivanovic - 63 64

Angelique Kerber d Sania Mirza - 64 61

Yung-Jan Chan d Patty Schnyder - 60 62

Karolina Sprem d Bethanie Mattek-Sands - 63 64

Photo: Reuters

Kim Clijsters, Juan Martin Del Potro & Nikolay Davydenko Withdraw from the French Open

What a shame. Roland Garros has lost three true contenders. Clijsters and Del Potro are the reigning US Open champions and all three have been semifinalists at the French Open (Kim has been runner-up twice).

Kim commented on her website: "It's really a shame to give up on Roland Garros. Paris is so close I always feel a little at home. And that's where I played my first grand slam final. But the foot pain forces me to throw in the towel."

Kim will return for the grass season in Eastbourne which begins June 14 before she heads to Wimbledon.

Juan Martin Del Potro had wrist surgery last week and the world was told he'd be out at least three months. Blog chatter has him out for the rest of the year.

Nikolay Davydenko is also suffering from a wrist injury.

Also confirmed not playing are James Blake, Tommy Haas, Igor Andreev, Sania Mirza and Sabine Lisicki.

Photo: Reuters

Sania Mirza Finally Back on the Practice Courts

Just when you thought she was a professional bride she picks up a racket.

Aw, she has a newlyweds glow. It's very sweet.

Why so puzzled Shoaib? It's called a tennis ball.

Photos: Getty Images

Hey, guess what? Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik had another wedding reception!

This is reception #57, or something. This time in Lahore, Pakistan.

And they don't yet look over it. I'm getting there.

Photos: AP/Getty Images

Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik: Wedding Reception in Pakistan

Seriously, this is the never-ending wedding.

Today they celebrated their heavily tabloided wedding in Sailkot, Pakistan.

Once again she looks gorgeous. And he quite handsome.

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Not all feel the couple are cross-boarder peace ambassadors which calls for:

Photos: Getty images/AP

The Sania Mirza Wedding: It's Pakistan's Turn

Newlyweds Sania and Shoaib caused quite a stir when they landed in Karachi today. They are in Pakistan for a weeks worth of celebrations - following the week or so they celebrated in India. The couple was married on April 12th and the parties don't seem to be ending any time soon. Poor girl is gonna be too exhausted to get back on tour!

Photo: Getty images

Sania Mirza: The Wedding that NEVER Ends

Yesterday was something called the Sangeet ceremony.

Today another reception. Shoaib with his wife and the in-laws.

Said it before... she is a stunning bride.

Photos: Reuters - AP

Sania Mirza's Post-Wedding Henna Tattoos

HOT. DAMN.

Photo: Reuters

Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik ARE MARRIED - Finally

The Pakistani cricket star married the Indian tennis star today.

The ceremony took place in Hyderabad, India.

Sania made for a very beautiful bride.

Photos: AP/Reuters

Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik Wedding Surprise: It's Today!

The Muslim imam performing the ceremony says the couple will marry today.

You can pick up a whacky (get it?) souvenir in Malik's hometown of Sialkot...

A commemorative cricket bat to merchandise this crazy tabloid wedding.

You'd almost think this was Charles and Diana.

Photo: AP

Hey, Here's the Latest Drama in the Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik Wedding Saga

Lookee here, the wedding certificate between Shoaib and Ayesha Siddiqui.

SHOAIB IS A FOOL. SHOAIB IS A CHEAT. AYESHA WE R WITH U.

Mother Siddiqui addresses the media to announce her daughters 'divorce'.

The Sania Miraz and Shoaib Malik wedding is back on y'all!

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I would goof on the strange things that captivate India and Pakistan...

But lord-dee if we didn't just go through something called Tiger Woods.

Photos: Getty Images

  

Sania Mirza & Shoaib Malik Wedding Takes Bizarre Bigamy Turn

It turns out that cricket star Shoaib Malik may already be married.

Can't make this stuff up folks - read this:

From The Independent: He admitted in newspaper interviews over the weekend that he had developed a friendship over the internet with Ayesha Siddiqui in 2002 and then married her over the telephone after they exchanged photographs. But he says he then discovered that the photographs sent to him were of someone else. "I was made to believe the girl in the photograph was the one I was speaking to," he said. "The truth is, I haven't, to this day, met the girl in the photographs Ayesha sent me."

 

Photos: From their meeting with the press today - Reuters/Getty Images

Sania Mirza Announces Engagement to Shoaib Malik

Yesterday Sania confirmed her engagement to Pakistani cricketer.

This, from Sania's Twitterpage...

1. Hi Guys! Me & Shoaib are very happy in this new phase of our life. Want to thank the media & all you guys for the wishes :) lots of love to all.

2. I know this has come as a big surprise to everyone but I hope you all understand that I have always kept my personal life private & I would...

3. like to thank you all again for all the love, wishes and support.Really appreciate it.

Congrats!!!

She also says she's looking forward to playing again...

4. Cant wait to get back on court around wimbeldon:) the wrist is healing well.