Modi greets Sania Mirza on winning US Open doubles title

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza with the 2015 US Open women's doubles trophy after beating Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the final at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday. Reuters photo
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza with the 2015 US Open women's doubles trophy after beating Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the final at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday. Reuters photo
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PTI, New Delhi :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on winning the US Open women’s doubles title. “Congratulations @MirzaSania & @mhingis on the phenomenal victory at the @usopen. Your accomplishments make us proud,” the Prime Minister tweeted. Sania, in her response to the tweet said, “Thank you Sir for your wishes.” Sania won the US Open women’s doubles with her Swiss partner Hingis on Sunday 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. This is Sania’s second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season, and fifth overall.

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