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Maria Vs Sania-, originally uploaded by Jeevan_.

In a dream come true for Sania Mirza, the first Indian woman to enter the top-50 list. Sania failed to convert her second final appearance of the year at the USD 75,000 women's tennis event in Forest Hills, New York, into a successful one but saw her world-ranking jump to a career best 42.

In a dream come true for Sania Mirza, the first Indian woman to enter the top-50 list. Sania failed to convert her second final appearance of the year at the USD 75,000 women's tennis event in Forest Hills, New York, into a successful one but saw her world-ranking jump to a career best 42.

Sania Mirza displayed a much improved performance to knock out Marion Bartoli of France 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 to become the first Indian woman to reach the final 16 of any Grand Slam. An erratic Sania Mirza managed to pull up her socks in time and over powered Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6-4 1-6 6-4 to move into women's singles third round at the US Open Grand Slam

Sania Mirza smashed her way through to the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over the 43rd-ranked Marion Bartoli of France.

The Good news for tennis fans is yet to come, as the 42nd-ranked Sania would meet the No.1 seed Maria Sharapova of Russia for a royal battle in the pre-quarterfinals.