PM Narendra Modi, Virat Kohli laud Sania Mirza on historic feat

New Delhi: Sania Mirza, who created history by becoming the world number one in tennis doubles on Sunday, was congratulated heartily by PM Narendra Modi.

Apart from Mr. Modi, several of the country's top sportsmen including superstar cricketer Virat Kohli took to micro-blogging site Twitter to send across their good wishes to Mirza.

An excellent accomplishment @MirzaSania! Congrats on being World Number 1 in doubles. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 12, 2015

First Saina and now @MirzaSania . Indian women conquering the No. 1 spot and making us proud! Congratulations! — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 12, 2015

The 28-year-old was also congratulated by fellow tennis players Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, as well as Indian cricketers Ishant Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.

Congratulations @MirzaSania .. Welcome to the Number 1 club!! Proud of you..Great job — Leander Paes (@Leander) April 13, 2015

@MirzaSania scales the summit. #veryproud #hardwork #family #sacrifice and so much more..#indiantennis #number1 — Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) April 12, 2015

Sania Mirzaaaaaaaaaaa what a incredible achievement. No1 in the world. Proud of you, Congratulations. @MirzaSania #WomensDoubles. — Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) April 12, 2015

Congratulations @mirzasania. Such a proud moment for the nation! More power to you. #WorldNo1 — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) April 12, 2015

Congratulations @MirzaSania on creating World History! World No.1 in doubles! You are truly a rockstar.

— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) April 12, 2015

Congress President Sonia Gandhi also congratulated Sania Mirza for achieving World No 1 ranking in women's doubles and applauded her commitment and determination.

In her message, Gandhi said Mirza has made the entire nation proud.

Sania along with her partner Martina Hingis beat Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0, 6-4 to win the title and scale the summit of the doubles rankings.

With agency inputs