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Sania Mirza completed 80 consecutive weeks as World No.1 Tennis player in women’s doubles and as usual the star tweeted to celebrate this moment with her fans.
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 18, 2016
Also read: Ace Against Odds: The Sania Mirza Story
The 29-year-old Hyderabadi is the first Indian woman to hold the No.1 ranking in the category but we all know better that on social media sites, one could get as much as laurels as criticism. One of them in this case was noted cricket commentator and former India player Sanjay Manjrekar. Manjrekar was just trying to correct the term and the words Sania used in her tweet, or was it necessary?
No 1 doubles player you mean. Congrats! https://t.co/Qrdyigdrro
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2016
Manjrekar’s ‘smart’ move then got a taste of Mirza’s backhand.
Since I don't play singles anymore isn't that obvious/common sense?my bad,common sense is not that common after all I guess.. 🙂 https://t.co/fXhnaQZEM7
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 19, 2016
Within a span of time, it took a form of a repartee between these two and at the end of the match, the World No.1 doubles player handled the trolling softly yet knocked out the co-called corrector.
Hence, this happened:
Well, you missed out an important detail for someone like me who lacks common sense 🙂 https://t.co/nLgRFONxrn
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2016
In reply:
Clearly!!! So here you go https://t.co/vRE2vmk1ka .. An article with all the 'important details' .. 🙂 https://t.co/lZTGBSsUNA
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 19, 2016
Manjrekar went on and on to be sarcastic:
Yes, the article also says No. 1 doubles player in the world. Said what I had to, will leave all balls outside the off stump alone now
And, Ouch!
Just saying. #forpeoplewhodontgetmyhumour #sorrynotsorry
@sanjaymanjrekar do not mess with @MirzaSania. Rajdeep Sardesai learnt that the hard way too;)
— Niti Chhabra (@nitichhabra) October 19, 2016
Also read: Are women rewriting India’s sports history?
Sania’s triumph to becoming the No.1 spot came after winning the Volvo Car Open in Charleston with 8885 points while her former partner Hingis was at 8560 points. Only three other women’s doubles players have held on to the top spot at one go more than Mirza, and they are Martina Navratilova (181 weeks), Cara Black (145) and Liezel Huber (134). Kudos Sania Mirza!
Sania along with Swiss Martina Hingis, won 13 titles in a 12-month period, their streak of 41 successive wins was snapped in St Petersburg this February. After their split in August this year, Mirza became the sole possession of the WTA doubles number one ranking when she teamed up with Barbora Strycova to beat and Coco Vandeweghe in Cincinnati Open final.
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