Tennis superstar Sania Mirza, will be soon awarded the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, according to reports.
The news came in when the Sports Ministry recommended her name to the Awards Committee.
Sania won her career’s first ever women’s doubles Grand Slam title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis in June. She also became world number one before winning the Grass Court major.
The 28-year-old has won a number of tournaments this year but her most notable achievement was winning the women’s doubles title with Swiss veteran Martina Hingis at Wimbledon in July.
This comes as recognition for the Hyderabad-born athlete who is also the first Indian woman to achieve the number one rankings in doubles along with a host of victories in major tennis tournaments.
This Indian tennis queen has also received the Arjuna award in 2004 while two years later she was awarded India’s fourth highest civilian honour — Padma Shri.Â
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