Sachin Tendulkar Joins Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lavishing Praise on Sania Mirza
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Sania Mirza for winning the women's doubles title at the US Open for the first time.
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- Updated: September 14, 2015 03:37 PM IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on winning the US Open women's doubles title. (Two to Tango, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis On a High)
Congratulations @MirzaSania & @mhingis on the phenomenal victory at the @usopen. Your accomplishments make us proud.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2015
@narendramodi Thank you Sir for your wishes.. ??
- Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015
Sania won the US Open women's doubles with her Swiss partner 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. (President Pranab Mukherjee Congratulates Sania Mirza on Victory)
Congrats @MirzaSania & @mhingis on winning the @usopen Women's Doubles and winning back to back Grand Slam titles. (1/2)
- sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 14, 2015
Martina evidently loves the Indian factor in her on court partnership! (2/2)
- sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 14, 2015
This is Sania's second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season, and fifth overall. 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. (WATCH: Sania Mirza Says She Plays Tennis for the Country and to Myself)