Coming back to tennis is priority after pregnancy: Sania Mirza
May 04, 2018 18:55 ISTSania and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik, who got married in 2010, announced her pregnancy last month.
Sania and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik, who got married in 2010, announced her pregnancy last month.
Nadal has said that despite a torrid start to his clay-court campaign it was unlikely he would be able to overcome an injury hiatus earlier in the season.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, returned to the tour in Indian Wells this year after a 14-month absence because of the birth of her daughter.
Nadal, who also won his 11th Monte Carlos Masters title last week, was never seriously challenged on his way to a 19th straight victory on clay.
The sixth-seeded Czech held her nerve at key times to win her first title of the season and her 10th overall in just under two hours.
The top-ranked Spaniard will now take on 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, the first Greek player to make it to an ATP Tour final in 45 years.
Nadal will next face David Goffin, who defeated Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2.
Nadal, coming off his 11th Monte Carlo title, has won 11 of his 12 ATP Tour matches this season, with the only loss coming from an injury retirement in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Djokovic, trying to return to form after a lingering right elbow injury, hasn't made it past the last 16 in five tournaments this year.
On Monday, Sania and Shoaib tweeted an image on their official Twitter handles which more or less confirmed the news of the pregnancy.
Nadal also became the first male tennis player in the Open era to win the same title 11 times — 13 years after his first title here.
The top-ranked Nadal will face Kei Nishikori, who beat No. 4-ranked Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Djokovic was once Nadal's nemesis, even on clay. He ended the Spanish player's 46-match winning run by beating him in the 2013 final, and then won the tournament in 2015.
Sharapova, who has won five Grand Slam titles, had to pull out of Birmingham last year due to an injury.
Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal needed a combined 14 match points to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal recently returned from a right hip injury which forced him to retire during the fifth set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Marin Cilic.
Djokovic came to the tournament with a 3-3 match record this year, losing his last three since the Australian Open.
Nadal, who certainly enjoys playing on clay and has amassed an incredible 53 clay court titles in his career, teased Roger Federer for being `contradictory` over his decision.
Yuki earned 125 ranking points and a prize purse of USD 21,600 while Ramkumar got 75 points and USD 12,720 for his effort.
Sania Mirza said that pay disparity between men and women players existed in sports and a way out of it was to change the mindsets of people towards women players.
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