Wishes pour in for US Open champions Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis
The Indo-Swiss pair won US Open women's double's title
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on winning the US Open women's doubles title.
@narendramodi Thank you Sir for your wishes..
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015President of India Pranab Mukherjee also lauded the Indo-Swiss duo for their triumph at the Flushing Meadows.
Hearty congratulations @MirzaSania @mhingis on winning the U.S. Open women's doubles, well done!
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) September 13, 2015Sporting fraternity and Bollywood superstars also chipped in with their wishes for the Women’s Doubles Champions at the US Open 2015.
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, 2015Martina evidently loves the Indian factor in her on court partnership! (2/2)
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 14, 2015Just landed in Delhi and heard about the brilliant news. Congrats @MirzaSania & @mhingis , just too too good. #Unstoppable
— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) September 13, 2015@mhingis for President anyone?? #5 slams delivered @Leander @MirzaSania #india
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) September 13, 2015.@MirzaSania Congrats champ, great going...and more to come!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 13, 2015@bhogleharsha thank youuu
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015Perfectionists at play. @MirzaSania & @mhingis - Congratulations #USOpen2015 #Champions
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) September 13, 2015Congratulations to @MirzaSania & @mhingis on an awesome performance and for their victory. #USOpen2015
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 13, 2015A stellar showing by @MirzaSania and @mhingis to win the #USOpen Women's Doubles title. Their chemistry was superb! pic.twitter.com/PicKQQpsYD
— IPTL (@iptl) September 14, 2015Sania 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.
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.