President Pranab Mukherjee Congratulates Sania Mirza on US Open Truimph
President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated Sania Mirza on her victory in the women's doubles final at the US Open.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: September 14, 2015 01:31 pm IST
President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on winning the US Open women's doubles title in New York. (Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis Clinch US Open Women's Doubles Title)
  ÂÂ
The president tweeted
Hearty congratulations @MirzaSania @mhingis on winning the U.S. Open women's doubles, well done!
- President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) September 13, 2015
Sania triumphed in the US Open women's doubles with Hingis yesterday as the top-seeded Indo-Swiss team outplayed the fourth seed team of Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-3 in the final. (Sania Mirza Slams Critics After US Open Win)
This was Sania's second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season and fifth overall.
   ÂÂ
Sania's win capped off a memorable US Open for Indians as Leander Paes had won the mixed doubles trophy with Hingis on Friday, in a repeat show of the Wimbledon.