Top 10 most glamorous Indian sportswomen

New Delhi:Sharp, Strong and Sturdy- these three words aptly describe the top ten sportswomen of India. They have always held the tri color high by their excellent performances and have made India proud in various prestigious sports events across the globe. Here we have tried to pick top 10 of these sportswomen who not only are excellent performers in their respective fields but also posses exceptional beauty: 1.Dipika PallikalDipika PallikalBorn on 21st September, 1991, Dipika is a fabulous squash player from Chennai. She played her first international tournament when she was in sixth grade and since then she has never looked back and has won German Open, French Open, Dutch Open, Australian Open, Scottish Open on the European Junior Squash Circuit. Currently she is the top women squash player representing India along with Joshna Chinnapa. Dipika is ranked 35th in world Rankings. 2. Pratima Singh Member of the Indian Women's National Basketball Team, she has been awarded best player in many National and State Championships. When University of Delhi won a gold medal in the All India University Basketball Championship at Nallor she was the Vice Captain of the team. She was given the joint best player award along with her sister Akanksha Singh. Her fans go crazy for her Action Packed glamour which is otherwise not available with other sportswomen. 3. Shikha TandonShikha is an amazingly versatile Indian swimmer. She is a marvel in swimming all the freestrokes, backstrokes, butterfly and a lot more. She was the lone swimmer representing India in 2004 Olympics in Athens. She was awarded the Arjuna award in 2005. She holds more than seven National records in swimming along with several other tallies to her credit. She was adjudged “best swimmer” at the 57th National Aquatic Championships. Her long way journey in Indian sports has been fabulous. 4. Tania SachdevTania, the chess prodigy won her first international title when she was just eight. Born on 20th August, 1986 in Delhi. A graduate from Delhi University she was Asian U14, Junior and Senior Champion, and won the national Indian Women Championship in 2006 and 2007, also being a runner up in 2008. She was awarded the Arjuna award in 2009. Her kitty already contains the World and the Asian junior titles. She was seen on ramp in Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, in New Delhi in 2009 to showcase the unique creations of famous designers like Sanjana Jon , Ashima, Leela Singh. 5. Saina Nehwal Here comes the most awaited heart- throb of the nation, Saina Nehwal. Ranked No.2 by Badminton World Federation, is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarter-finals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. Saina recently made a hat-trick after winning Singapore Open, Indian Open Grand Prix Gold and Indonesian Open. Due to her natural beauty and extraordinary glare she is often witnessed on ramps. She was the main attraction of the Hyderabad Fashion week which was held recently.6. Sharmila NicolletShe has just finished a whopping 14- shots at the end of the 2010-11 Hero Honda Women's Professional Golf Tour of India on 6th August, 2010. Last season she was twice the winner of this event. For now she won the first event of the season and set herself up, to retain the Order of Merit she won in the previous season 7. Sonika Kaliraman Sonika is the only woman wrestler who has represented India in the Asian Games. Originally from Haryana, Sonika grew up in New Delhi where she was trained by her father, the legendary wrestler Master Chandgi Ram. Her brother Jagdish is also a promising wrestler of the country.She is proud to belong to a family of wrestlers. It was her father who encouraged her to excel in the game. Sonika is married to Siddhart Malik, an NRI, and is now happily settled in California, USA. She has been featured in Khatron Ke Khiladi with bollywood star Akshay Kumar. 8. Jwala Gutta Jwala Gutta is a badminton ace of mixed Chinese-Indian origin who has won the National Badminton Championship seven times. Her first International Badminton event was held in 2002, when she played at the Uber Cup tournament. She won 2006 Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament and in 2007 she won Cyprus International Badminton tournament. She even won the Pakistan Challenge International tournament and the Indian International Badminton tournament. 9. Shikha Uberoi An Indo-American Tennis player for India in spite of being an American citizen, Shikha Uberoi, was born on April 5, 1983 to parents Mahesh and Madhu. She began playing tennis at the age of six. She indulged herself in the game at Saddlebrook Resort and also at Bollettieri and Hopman Academies. She made her Gland Slam debut at US Open in 2004. Shikha has three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles to her name.10. Sania Mirza She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam Tournament at the 2005 US Open. She won the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open where she was paired with Mahesh Bhupati. Mirza became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title. In 2006, Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver in the woman's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes.Mirza has been honored with the prestigious Padam shri in 2006 and Arjuna Award in 2004. Mirza's charismatic beauty and unique dressing style has often led her to controversies.