From thousands of miles, Sania Mirza sends her I-Day wishes for MSN readers… MSN exclusive…
India turns 63 and there is one person desperately missing the celebrations. Tennis icon Sania Mirza is out in the US playing tournaments to resurrect her faltering career. But not the one to be bogged down by the busy schedule, the Hyderabadi girl took time off to specially send her wishes to the MSN readers. Sania said
'Here's wishing all the readers of the MSN a very happy Independence Day and continued prosperity in the coming year.'
For Sania, who is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib malik, it will be a case of celebrating two Independence Days. Sania is currently in the US playing the hard court season while her husband is busy with the Pakistan national team on their tour of England. The famous duo have maintained it is strictly a personal relationship and should not be politicised as India-Pakistan relationship. On this special day though, the relationship is more a message of peace, love and friendship between the two 'warring' nations.
There have been innumerable controversies in Sania's personal and professional life, The flag controversy threatened to pin her down but the fighter that she has always been, she least allowed it to ruffle her. It is a known fact that Sania has always put her country in front of self and that was as much evident in her stunning performance at the Doha Asian Games as was in her disappointment on missing out on a chance to impress for India at the Beijing Olympics.
Emerging out of a tough professional phase, the 2009 Australian Open Mixed Doubles Champion is now setting her sights on the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Guangzhou Asiad in November. MSN learns Sania will be joined in the stands by Shoaib as she attempts to bring back laurels for India. She may not start as the favourite at Delhi given her poor form in recent times but with a billion Indians rooting for her, who knows, she could just bring back the smile onto her fans. MSN too joins the whole of India in wishing the tennis icon a marvellous comeback as she embarks on a 'national' journey from here on.
