Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza ended the season as World No. 1 for the second straight year. She completed the season with seven Women's Tennis Association, WTA titles, a Grand Slam, and a semi-final finish in the year ending WTA Finals in Singapore.
Defending champions Sania and Hingis had lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the semifinals in the weekend. Makarova and Vesnina then defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova to life the doubles title, and denied Mattek-Sands the Number One spot. "I am very happy. It's an amazing honour to be number one for the second year. It has been an amazing journey for me," Sania said. She added, "For me, this has been an unbelievable journey and the kind of stuff that dreams are made of! I've always felt that reaching the pinnacle in any sphere of activity is a huge achievement but staying there for a prolonged period is even more difficult than getting there for the first time."
"The fact that only 3 legends of the women's game- Navratilova, Black, and Huber, have had a longer consecutive stint at the top in the history of women's doubles tennis makes it even more satisfying for me," she said. Throughout the year, Sania won titles including Australian Open with Hingis, and Cincinnati Masters with Barbora Strycova.
