Sania Mirza climbs to 28

Finally, something other than cricket that the country can obsess over.

Sania Mirza has climbed to the 28th rank in the recently released WTA tour chart.
She is now the first Indian woman ever to be seeded at the US Open (Seeded 26th).
Methinks this is a golden opportunity for her to climb even further up in the rankings.
If I were a betting person and looking at the draw, I would say she has a good chance of reaching the 4th round.

Her fan site states :

Sania Mirza is the current youth icon in India. Coming from Hyderabad, this teenager is creating history in Indian tennis by becoming the first ever Indian to break into the top-50 WTA rankings. She also became the first Indian woman to win a WTA tourney when she lifted the Hyderabad Open trophy in February 2005.

Still not out of her teens, Sania Mirza has got a huge fan following, both inside and outside the country. Having trained under C.G.Krishna Bhupathi (father of another famous Indian tennis star, Mahesh Bhupathi), Sania's ambition is to one day become one among the top-20 in the world. At the rate in which she is going currently, that day is not far off.

I agree. GO SANIA !!!