Sania Mirza is one of the most inspiring women to have ever existed. Her dedication and hard work appeal to women all over the world, whether young or old. The former Indian tennis player has won six Grand Slam titles during her professional career and was ranked as India’s No. 1 player by the Women’s Tennis Association from 2003 to 2013. She retired from the singles in 2013 but continues to be a woman who young girls look upto. Sania Mirza is now a doting mother to Izhaan Mirza Malik, and the picture she shared recently proves that she is killing it in the motherhood game.
On November 3rd, 2020, Sania shared a picture with the little munchkin on Instagram where the mother-son duo is twinning. The picture was taken by a poolside and is too endearing to ignore. The tennis star captioned it as, “Twinning and winning with my little star”. The mother-son duo shares many sweet moments together, and baby Mirza Malik steals the internet’s heart, as always.
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Sania Mirza fell in love with Shoaib Malik, former captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team when she was going through a bad phase in her personal as well as professional life. Their love did not worry about borders or ethnicity, but it was not accepted well. People passed comments, judgments, and opinions about the couple. The media put out offensive statements, and their patriotism was challenged. But the two of them fought to keep their love strong and came out even stronger after the back-to-back controversies.
In 2010, Sania Mirza tied the knot with Shoaib after four months of courtship. The media and everyone else stated that they made a hasty decision, but Sania disagreed. In an interview, the tennis star said that sometimes people could date for years and break up as soon as they get married, and sometimes, people can date for a month and get married. Sania believes that it’s destiny and that she and Shoaib were lucky to find each other.
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The couple faced a lot of backlash from the public for their relationship simply because of their nationality. Sania was even questioned if she would change her nationality and start playing for Pakistan after her marriage. Other crass and disrespectful comments were made to them, but the couple emerged out stronger and proved that their love could conquer all.
In 2018, Sania and Shoaib welcomed their firstborn baby Izhaan Mirza Malik on October 30th. Few months before the delivery of her baby, Sania had attended the #MujheHaqHai campaign launched by the UN Women India, where she stated that she would be naming her newborn after both parents’ names and not just Malik. She said that it would be Mirza Malik, and rightly so, she named her son Izhaan Mirza Malik.
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Izhaan is a celebrity baby who enjoys a huge fan following. He has his own Instagram account, handled by mommy, of course, with over 60,000 followers. For his 2nd birthday, his parents hosted a huge birthday bash to celebrate their baby, and the pictures of the cake and the party were shared on social media. Sania took to Instagram to share a sweet picture of the cute family on Izhaan’s birthday. In the caption, she wrote, “Happy birthday to this boy who lights up my world.. who is my world and who changed my world”. The picture received a lot of love, and fans poured out their heartfelt wishes for the little boy.
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Sania Mirza has proved that motherhood is another thing she excels at on several occasions. Recently, she posted a video teaching her son the meaning of traffic signal lights. The video is adorable and teaches us that apart from being an exceptional tennis player and a receiver of the Padma Bhushan, she is a hands-on mom, winning at life and motherhood.
