Indian tennis star Sania Mirza posted an adorable photo of her two-year-old son cheering for her at the Wimbledon 2021 in London on Thursday. The Indian tennis star and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to the second round in the women’s doubles event at Wimbledon 2021. She defeated sixth seeds, Desirae Krawczyk and Alexa Guarachi on Thursday.
Sania and her partner clicked the photo with Izhaan after winning their first-round encounter.
In the photograph, the trio smiled and Izhaan had his spiderman action figure. Sania wrote, “Spiderman cheering us on”.
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Soon after she posted the photo, fans congratulated Sania on her victory. The post has so far received over 1.43 lakh ‘likes’.
Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma was the first to like and comment on the post.
Filmmaker Punit Malhotra posted smiling face emojis and photographer Avinash Gowariker, too, commented on the photo.
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French tennis player and the former Wimbledon singles champions Marion Bartoli said, “Omg I have to come for your next match guys!!!!!
Sania and Mattek-Sands on Thursday knocked out Alexa Guarachi of Chile and Desirae Krawczyk of the USA to enter the second round of Wimbledon. The duo registered a straight-set (7-5, 6-3) win.
On Friday, Sania and Rohan Bopanna will face Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina in the first round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon 2021.
Sania Mirza was last seen at the Wimbledon in 2017. She will also represent India at the Tokyo Olympics, starting July 23. This will be the fourth time that the Indian tennis star will represent the country.