Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title by winning the mixed doubles at which tournament?
- A.Wimbledon 2015
- B.US Open 2015
- C.French Open 2012
- D.Australian Open 2009
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Australian Open 2009. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won the mixed doubles title at Melbourne Park in 2009, and that made Mirza the first Indian woman to win any Grand Slam title. She had already been the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Major, at the US Open in 2005.
Options A and B, Wimbledon 2015 and the US Open 2015, are both real Mirza titles but in women's doubles, won with Martina Hingis of Switzerland, and they came six years after the first. Option C, the French Open in 2012, is also a genuine Mirza title in mixed doubles, won with Mahesh Bhupathi, but it was her second mixed doubles Major and not her first of all. The pair added the Australian Open women's doubles in 2016, so Mirza's Major titles run across mixed and women's doubles; the one the exam wants as her first is Melbourne in 2009.
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