B-Town hails girl power after Sania's victory
AS SANIA MIRZA and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis clinched the WTA Finals doubles crown, Bollywood celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha and Varun Dhawan lauded the Indian tennis star with expressions like “Go girl!” and “Keep making India proud”.
The stars exclaimed that the title is a new accomplishment in Sania's book of achievements with “many more to come”.
Sania and Hingis came up with another stupendous performance on Sunday to win the women's doubles title of the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It has been an eventful year for Sania. She has won 10 titles, including two Grand Slams -- US Open and Wimbledon.
Bollywood's “Shotgun Junior” Sonakshi Sinha congratulated Sania on Twitter with a post that read:
Congrats @MirzaSania and @mhingis for this 1, each 1 before this, n the ones yet to come. Yes. Coz u gonna win those too anyway. Monsters.
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) November 2, 2015
The multi-faceted talent Farhan Akhtar, who calls the tennis star his ‘rockstar’, was exhilarated by the win. He tweeted:
.@MirzaSania & @mhingis are in the zone.. Congratulations again. #champions #WTAFinals #hipbump
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) November 2, 2015
Actors Varun and Vivek Oberoi were cherishing the moment of Sania's triumph. Varun wished her in a cheeky way with a post:
@MirzaSania so proud and happy now get me biryani
— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) November 1, 2015
While Vivek shared
And congrats yet again to the superstar of Indian tennis @MirzaSania !!! Go girl!!! Keep making india proud! #chakde #WTA #champ #girlpower
— Vivek Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) November 1, 2015
Actress Genelia Deshmukh also tweeted
Hey @MirzaSania ... Congratttttulaationssssss... And I know we have to keep congratulating you .. Wowww what a Year
— Genelia Deshmukh (@geneliad) November 2, 2015
The “I Hate Luv Storys” director Punit Malhotra posted:
You're making this a habit and all Indians very proud! MANY CONGRATULATIONS @MirzaSania 😃😃😃
— Punit Malhotra (@punitdmalhotra) November 1, 2015
