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Sania Mirza Congratulated by Telangana Chief Minister on Receiving Khel Ratna
Sania Mirza, who won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon, received the top honour from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.
Sania Mirza is the 2nd tennis player to get India's highest sporting honour.© PTI
Hyderabad:
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday congratulated tennis icon Sania Mirza on receiving the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Mirza, who won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon, received the top honour from President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.
The chief minister, in a statement, expressed the hope that in future she would get many more such awards nationally and internationally.
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Currently ranked world number one in doubles, Mirza is also the brand ambassador of Telangana.
The other sportspersons from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who received the awards include K. Srikanth (badminton), Anoop Kumar (skating), S. P. Mishra (tennis) and K. Saibaba (best sports NGO).
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