The U.S. Open home page is featuring an in-house, ‘Off-Court Spotlight’ interview with Sania Mirza taped after her loss to Maria Sharapova. The interviewer mentions that her player bio has gotten more traffic than any other. Ah, the magic of server logs 
Watch the interview (streaming WMV).
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What does her t-shirt read? I have looped that video twice already and I couldn't decipher it.
In other desi US open news.... The unseeded pair Daniela Hantuchova and Mahesh Bhupathi won the mixed doubles final on thursday.
Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine - but I wanted her to STOP TOUCHING HER HAIR!!!
Argh.
Impressive! She seemed relaxed and confident.
Just dropping in mid-exams, so sorry if I've missed you say it - and epoch beat me to it anyway. But for all your ga-ga goo-ness (yes, it's a word) about Sania getting to the last 16, you didn't mention Mahesh Bhupathi's WINNING of a Grand Slam title with another leggy Russian! For shame Sepia Mutiny, FOR SHAME!
Don't get me wrong, I like your Saniamania, I've been doing my own defence of her here - and look SM gets a mention! Also glad Clijsters won. She's cool. She looks like a Belgian milk maiden who should be wearing a cowbell and clogs, but she's so fast. Nice girl.
It says 'Don't Get In My Way' Desi Dude.
Every breakdancing event/website/garment uses that font, it takes a keen eye ;)
It says 'Don't Get In My Way'
You're right. Very impressive Bong Breaker.
you didn't mention Mahesh Bhupathi's WINNING of a Grand Slam title with another leggy Russian
Actually, Hantuchova is Slovak.
"Fatwa" against Sania Mirza for her tennis dress
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4229052.stm
Tennis star deflects clothing row
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has refused to be drawn into a controversy over what she wears on court.
The Muslim player had been accused by a leading cleric of wearing "indecent dress" and being a "corrupting influence on young women".
Mirza said it was "disturbing" that her dress was a subject of controversy but she would take it in her stride.
Mirza, 18 and from Hyderabad, recently became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of the US Open.
Mirza said on her return from the US: "Every word I speak, every skirt I wear is discussed and analysed. I have to take all this in my stride.
"Wherever I go people look at me. That's why these days I prefer to stay at home. I have to learn to live with all this."
She added: "It is quite disturbing that my dress has become the subject of controversy I don't want to say anything on this".
'Not permitted'
Haseeb-ul-hasan Siddiqui, a leading cleric of the Muslim organisation the Sunni Ulema Board, said: "The dress she wears on the tennis courts not only doesn't cover large parts of her body but leaves nothing to the imagination."
Mr Siddiqui said Islam did not allow women to wear skirts, shorts and sleeveless tops in public.
"She will undoubtedly be a corrupting influence on these young women, which we want to prevent," he said.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/tennis/09/11/mirza.ap/
Top Muslim clerics support Mirza over short skirt feud
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Top Muslim clerics came out in support of India's teen tennis sensation Sania Mirza, days after a Muslim group in her hometown issued an edict describing her short skirts and sleeveless shirts as un-Islamic.
"What Sania wears in [the] tennis court is the demand of the game," said Khalid Rashid of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which arbitrates over religion-related issues for more than 160 million Muslims living in this country.
"Perhaps, the fatwa [edict] was issued to gain cheap publicity," Rashid told The Associated Press.
Last week, the Sunni Ulema Board -- a little-known group in Mirza's hometown Hyderabad -- issued the edict saying Islam did not permit women to wear skirts, shorts and sleeveless tops in public, and that Mirza should cover up.
Newspaper reports quoted the Sunni Ulema Board's chief, Hasheeb-ul-Siddiqui, saying he was worried Mirza was becoming a role model for young Muslim girls.
The 18-year-old Muslim tennis player, the first Indian woman to break into the top 50 WTA rankings, dismissed the fatwa.
Mirza was ousted earlier this month from the U.S. open in the fourth round -- the first Indian woman to make it that far in any Grand Slam event. She has a growing following across India.
"It is a sick mind who looks into what Sania wears during a match," said Naheed Zaffar, a 21-year-old college student in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh state.
Check out Google Zeitgeist for last week!
Hey Manish - the grand old lady (so old she's senile!) of Indian journalism asks shallow bloggers like you to hold in the drool and spread your appreciation around.
Nanda, I stand corrected.
sania wants publicity by hook r crook even by being criticised for her seductive dress.she appears cheap & unprofessional on courts , her eyes wander to see how many r watching her sexy looks. her talk and ahirts also she sports only to disturb men to achieve even -ve fame.she should learn how to b decent like othe rtop tennis stars.many women in India irrespective of the religion felt ashamed to look at her while playing due to her erotic dresses. vey appreciable that the cleric( Siddiqui) expresssed his genuine opinion honestly without any hesitance who must be above any corruption by Mirzas who must have handled Khalid of All India shia personal law board who supported sanias by saying that one should not interfere with her tennis wears. he should know the opinion of all the women in India how much that crazy girl is upsetting Indian women bringing disgrace. I wish this matter must be taken in to serious account and all the Muslim religious leaders teach her lesson on how to play as a dignified women .
If her "erotic" dress upsets you and all the other sexually repressed perverts so much, don't watch her. Your attitude and dress upsets lots of people too. Should we demand that you dress more skimpily to please us? If not, then just shut up, put your blinkers back on, and get back to whatever it is you do.
