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Sania Mirza, first Indian to be nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award

Sania Mirza, first Indian to be nominated for Fed Cup Heart Award

Sania Mirzabecame the first Indian to be nominated for the Fed Cup Heart Award from the Asia/Oceania Zone along with Priska Madelyn Nugroho of Indonesia, Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit and Luxembourg’s Eleonora Molinaro from Europe/Africa, Fernanda Contreras Gomes of Mexico and Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede Royg from Americas. The voting for the award opens from 1st May until 8th Sania Mirza won the doubles match which helped her to win against Indonesia in the final Group 1 match and secured her a place in the playoff. In her comeback after giving birth in October 2018 in January 2020 pairing with Nadiia Kichenok, she secured the women’s double title at Hobart International.