Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was on Wednesday included in the federal government’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), 4 years after she opted out of the programme.
Sania was chosen in the TOPS throughout the 56th assembly of the Mission Olympic Cell right here.
The 34-year-old a number of Grand Slam winner had opted out of the scheme when she was chosen final in 2017 as a result of of an harm breakdown which had led to a lay-off.
“Yes, Sania has been selected in the recent TOPS list,” a Sports Authority of India supply instructed PTI.
Sania has already certified for the Tokyo Olympics based mostly on her protected rating earlier than she took a break from the sport attributable to being pregnant.
Sania is presently ranked 157th in the world however as per WTA guidelines when a participant takes a lay-off from the sport longer than six months on account of accidents or being pregnant, they will apply for a “special ranking” (additionally typically often called a “protected ranking”).
The particular rating of a participant is their world rating after the final match they performed and in Sania’s case, it was the China Open in October 2017. She was ranked world No. 9 at that time.
So, Sania presently has a particular rating of ninth and has already certified for the Tokyo Olympics.
The particular rankings had been launched by WTA as a result of of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sania was inactive for 2 years attributable to being pregnant and solely made her return to the court docket final 12 months following the delivery of her son on the season-opening Hobart International WTA occasion.
She partnered Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok to win the ladies’s doubles title.
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