Sania Mirza - baltimoresun.com

"She reads the Quran and prays five times a day. She also wears torn jeans and listens to hip-hop artist Eminem."

- Well, I wonder what she thinks about Eminem's often misogynistic lyrics - like the excerpt here:

"Now I don't wanna hit no women when this chick's got it coming
Someone better get this bitch before she gets kicked in the stomach
And she's pregnant, but she's egging me on, begging me to throw her
Off the steps on this porch, my only weapon is force"

Come on girl - drop the pretence - you can't be enjoying Eminem and praying 5 times a day - the two just ain't compatible.

Sania Mirza - baltimoresun.com: "Sania Mirza
WTA Tour
Originally published December 26, 2005
Sania Mirza, 19, made history on the pro tennis tour this season and is expected to make more in 2006.

Mirza is 34th in the WTA Tour's year-end rankings -- the highest any Indian woman has ever been ranked.

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And during this season in which she beat two top 10 players, she became the first women's player from India to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament.

The last time an Indian man orwomanmade it that farwas 1987. But as popular as she is becoming as a tennis player, she is even more popular as a symbol for Indian women.

Mirza has been described as awarrior princess on the court and a rock star off it. In tennis, her forehand has been compared to Steffi Graf's. Off court, she has become a symbol for what is possible among a new generation.

She reads the Quran and prays five times a day. She also wears torn jeans and listens to hip-hop artist Eminem.

'I just hope five years from now or seven years from now, we have a lot more tennis players out there -- and not only one woman [from India] competing,' she said.
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