Sania Mirza thanks PM for inspiring words after her farewell match
In a letter to the tennis legend, Modi called her as India's best tennis player who had made a lasting impact on Indian sports and inspired future generations of athletes.
In a letter to the tennis legend, Modi called her as India's best tennis player who had made a lasting impact on Indian sports and inspired future generations of athletes.
"There is no sector where females are left behind. We are fortunate that the president of India is also a female," Thakur added.
The RCB had taken a confident approach in acquiring a team that is a mix of world’s top and most talented 18 players during the WPL auction.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her American doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands bowed out of the Abu Dhabi Open WTA 500 tennis tournament, which was the Indian star's penultimate event of the career.
India's Sania Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina ended their Australian Open campaign after suffering a 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 loss at the hands of the Ukrainian-Belgian duo of Alison Van Uytvanck and Anhelina Kalinina in the women's doubles second-round match on Sunday.
Sania and her French partner Caroline Garcia had inched past Russia’s Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 on Tuesday in the first round of women's doubles.
The Sania-Garcia duo inched past Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 to face China's Saisai Zheng and Czech Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16.
From Sachin Tendulkar to Sania Mirza, the sportspersons took to their social media accounts to extend congratulatory messages for India.
The world number four beat his Spanish opponent 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 in a two-hour match to enter the third round of Australian Open.
Mirza, who had injured her leg during practice, went into the match with heavy strapping and didn't look comfortable throughout the 33 minutes the match was played.