India’s first lady of tennis, Sania Mirza added yet another chapter to her glorious career by winning the Wimbledon ladies doubles title with Swiss Martina Hingis at SW19 on Saturday. She’s been a Grand Slam champion before — thrice, in fact, twice with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and once with Brazilian Bruno Soares, but all three were in mixed doubles — a format that’s played only four times a year, at the Slams. Women’s doubles is a tougher challenge given the number of top singles players that feature in it. Add to this, the title having been achieved at the hallowed turf of Wimbledon, and it’s like the icing on top of the cake for World No 1 Sania. In an interview with mid-day yesterday, Sania (28) said it was a surreal feeling to wake up in London on Sunday morning as Wimbledon champion. She also spoke of the on and off-court camaraderie between her and partner Hingis, besides the fiercely competed battle with Russians Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova.

Also Read: Was too nervous to watch her win at Wimbledon: Sania Mirza's mother