India’s ace tennis player Sania Mirza too has come out in support of wrestlers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar here in the national capital against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Sania said in a tweet that as an athlete as well as a woman, it is too “difficult” to watch the ongoing protest and now it’s time to stand with the wrestlers in this difficult time. “As an athlete but more as a woman this is too difficult to watch .. they’ve brought laurels to our country and we have all celebrated them, with them .. if you have done that then it’s time to now stand with them in this difficult time too .. this is a highly sensitive matter and serious allegations. I hope whatever the truth is justice is served.. sooner rather than later,” said Sania Mirza in her tweet.
As an athlete but more as a woman this is too difficult to watch .. they’ve brought laurels to our country and we have all celebrated them , with them .. if you have done that then it’s time to now stand with them in this difficult time too .. this is a highly sensitive matter… pic.twitter.com/7mVVyz1Dr1
Along with Sania, Indian field hockey player Rani Rampal also came forward to extend her support to the wrestlers who continue to protest at Jantar Mantar.
“Extremely painful to see our renowned wrestlers demanding justice on the streets of India it tears me apart to see my fellow athletes in this situation who have worked hard in their lives and won great laurels for our beloved country. They deserve justice,” said Rani Rampal in her tweet.
Earlier Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Friday came in support of the ongoing wrestlers’ protest and said that he was ‘hurt’ to see athletes on the streets demanding justice.
“It hurts me to see our athletes on the streets demanding justice. They have worked hard to represent our great nation and make us proud,” the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist said in a tweet on Friday. Indian wrestlers have been protesting at Jantar Mantar here in the national capital against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Top Indian grapplers such as Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and many others wrestlers are involved in the protest against the WFI chief.
Having waited for three months, star wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia again started their protest against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday and said that they took the step after alleging that no action has been taken in the matter and said that the FIR had not been registered against the WFI chief. (ANI)
A glorious 20-year-long career came to an end on Tuesday as Sania Mirza played her last match as a professional tennis player at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships. The Indian tennis star has played a key role in giving a boost to tennis, specially women tennis, in the country.
There was no fairytale ending on offer for Mirza as she suffered a first-round loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2023, her farewell tournament. Mirza had earlier announced that she will retire after the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.
The Indian tennis player and her American women’s doubles partner Madison Keys lost their first-round encounter 4-6, 0-6 to Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
The Indian tennis player’s pursuit of excellence led her to numerous accomplishments in her career including six Grand Slam titles and top spot in the WTA doubles rankings. She became the first Indian woman to enter the top 30 in the WTA singles rankings.
The first big title triumph came in 2009, as she partnered Mahesh Bhupathi to clinch the Australian Open mixed doubles title.
The duo of Mirza and Bhupathi paired up to do India proud yet again three years later, this time on the hallowed clay of Roland Garros. Her third mixed doubles title at the Slams was at the 2014 US Open, partnering Brazilian player Bruno Soares.
The top-seeded duo lived up to their billing and beat USA’s Abigail Spears and Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez in a final which went into a tiebreaker. In 2015, Sania Mirza partnered with Swiss legend Martina Hingis, with whom she won three back-to-back Grand Slam doubles titles.
Fans dubbed the duo “Santina” after their first Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon in 2015. The pair advanced to the final without dropping a set against the Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina – Sania Mirza’s former partner. The duo continued in the same vein and seemed almost unstoppable over the course of the next few months as they picked up the US Open 2015 title before starting off 2016 with the Australian Open triumph – marking a hat-trick of Grand Slams.
Despite being a very capable singles player for the first half of her career, recurring wrist injuries forced Sania Mirza to focus solely on doubles in 2013. She won the Hyderabad Open in 2005, becoming the first Indian tennis player to win a WTA singles title.
In mid-2007, she climbed to a career-best 27th in the WTA Singles Rankings, which remains the best tennis ranking held by an Indian in singles to this day.
In doubles, Sania Mirza rose to No. 1 in the WTA Doubles Rankings in April 2015, becoming the first Indian woman to do so. Only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have reached the top of the ATP doubles rankings. The Indian ace held the number one spot for nearly 21 months before losing it in January 2017.
Representing and winning a medal for the country is a dream every Olympic athlete fosters and Mirza is no different. The Indian tennis star is a four-time Olympian. Mirza competed in her first Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Due to a wrist injury, she had to retire in the second set of her first round singles match against Czech opponent Iveta Benesova. She and her partner Sunitha Rao were eliminated in the second round of the doubles event.
Mirza and her doubles partner Rushmi Chakravarthi were eliminated in the first round of the 2012 London Olympics after losing to Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei. She fared better in the mixed doubles, reaching the quarterfinals with Leander Paes before losing to eventual gold medalists Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi.
In her third Olympic appearance, Sania Mirza partnered Rohan Bopanna in mixed doubles and advanced to the semi-finals. The Czech pairing of Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek defeated the duo in the bronze medal match, denying them a podium finish.
In women’s doubles event, Sania Mirza and her partner Prarthana Thombare exited the tournament in the first round after a closely-fought loss to China’s Zhang Shuai and Peng Shuai. At the Tokyo Olympics, Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Ankita Raina didn’t make it beyond the opening round.
Mirza has an incredible eight Asian Games medals, winning at least one in each of the editions she has competed in.
Perhaps her first major achievement representing India at a major global event was at the 2002 Asian Games. The then-15-year-old won bronze in the mixed doubles event with Leander Paes.
Her fortunes improved in the following edition when she won gold in mixed doubles and silver in women’s doubles and the team event at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
In Guangzhou, she clinched bronze in women’s singles and added silver from the mixed doubles event and at the Incheon Asian Games in 2014, she won gold in mixed doubles again and capped it off with a silver in the women’s doubles.
Due to her accomplishments in tennis, Sania Mirza has been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2004, Padma Shri in 2006, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award) in 2015 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016. (ANI)
Amid divorce rumours, Shoaib Malik has taken to social media to wish Sania Mirza on her birthday.
Shoaib took to Twitter and Instagram both and shared quite a mushy picture wishing Sania. He wrote, “Happy Birthday to you @MirzaSania. Wishing you a very healthy & happy life! Enjoy the day to the fullest…”
Sania Mirza turns 36 today.
Also, surprisingly, amid speculations of the couple’s alleged divorce, the OTT platform Urduflix, on Saturday, took to their Instagram handle and announced that Sania and Shoaib are coming up with their show titled ‘The Mirza Malik Show’.
The particular announcement has left netizens confused.
“Was it a publicity stunt?” a social media user commented.
“So divorce was for publicity purposes. Shame,” another one wrote.
While many raised questions, there’re social media users who became happy after knowing about the couple’s show.
“Bohat achaa Laga Dil Khush hogaya ka yeah sath hain,” a fan commented.
“Just forgive each other and be with each other u both look together nice,” another fan wrote.
Shoaib and Sania got married in 2010 and have been staying in Dubai ever since. They welcomed their son Izhaan in 2018.
According to reports, Sania and Shoaib have allegedly ended their 12-year-long marriage and are co-parenting their son Izhaan Mirza Malik.
Neither Sania nor Shoaib has made any announcement in this regard.
Talking about their professional lives, Sania Mirza announced her retirement in January this year.
In August this year, Sania opted out of US Open owing to an injury she sustained in Canada a few weeks prior to the US Open.
Shoaib, who last played T20I against Bangladesh in November 2021, has been out of favour from the Pakistan Cricket Board and did not make it to the T20 World Cup squad. (ANI)
Rumours are rife that Tennis superstar Sania Mirza and her husband Shoaib Malik have parted ways.
Pakistani Cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian Tennis Star Sania Mirza have allegedly ended their 12-year-long marriage and are co-parenting their son Izhaan Mirza Malik. According to Pakistani news outlet Samaa TV, Shoaib reportedly cheated on Sania.
Neither Sania nor Shoaib has made any announcement in this regard.
Interestingly, Shoaib and Sania are still following each other on Instagram. However, Sania’s cryptic posts, captions and stories added fuel to the divorce rumors.
Recently, Sania posted a photo with her son and wrote, “The moments that get me through the hardest days @izhaan.mirzamalik.”
She also posted an Instagram story a couple of days ago that read, “Where do broken hearts go?”
Another interesting detail that has come to the fore reportedly is that Sania recently moved to a new house in Dubai. Sania was living in a villa in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah with Shoaib Malik earlier, however, she recently moved to a different locality in Dubai.
Sania’s sister Anam Mirza, who is married to Indian Cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin’s son Asaduddin, is a content creator and posts daily vlogs on YouTube. She recently documented Sania and Shoaib’s son Izhaan’s birthday party where Shoaib was also present.
Shoaib also shared pictures from the birthday party, but Sania didn’t.
Another interesting detail that has the fans concerned is Shoaib’s recent appearance on the Pakistani Cricket show ‘Ask the Pavillion’ where he was asked about the location of Sania’s tennis academies. Shoaib replied by saying that he doesn’t know much about the academies.
Shoaib’s response surprised Waqar Younis and he jokingly said, “what sort of husband you are?”
Shoaib and Sania got married in 2010 and have been staying in Dubai ever since.
Talking about their professional lives, Sania Mirza announced her retirement in January this year.
In August this year, Sania opted out of US Open owing to an injury she sustained in Canada a few weeks prior to the US Open.
Talking about Shoaib, who last played T20I against Bangladesh in November 2021, has been out of favor from the Pakistan Cricket Board and did not make it to the T20 World Cup squad. (ANI)
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