Sania Mirza completes 80 consecutive weeks as World No. 1 doubles player, congratulated by Twitterati

Sania Mirza created history last season where she became the first Indian woman to hold the No.1 ranking after winning the Volvo Car Open in Charleston with her former partner Martina Hingis.

New Delhi: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has completed 80 consecutive weeks as the World No. 1 doubles player.

Sania, who has been in sublime form in the last few years, took to social micro-blogging site Twitter to confirm the news.

Today I complete 80 consecutive weeks as the number 1 player in d world its been an amazing journey and just inspires me to work harder @WTA pic.twitter.com/BsHoeU0YAT — Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 18, 2016

Sania created history last season where she became the first Indian woman to hold the No.1 ranking after winning the Volvo Car Open in Charleston with her former partner Martina Hingis.

After winning in Charleston last year, Sania said anything was possible if an athlete was committed towards excellence.

"Anything is possible. If you put your mind to it, you put sacrifices to it, you put hard work to it, anything is possible, no matter where you're from. Even if that means you've grown up playing on courts made of cow dung. And I think for me that's women empowerment, and I hope that we get there one day where women believe that anything is possible," she said.

Wishes poured in from all corners for the Hyderabadi player.

Congratulations https://t.co/ig8ExmbvGm — Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) October 18, 2016

let the count down to 100 weeks begin!!! https://t.co/hISIdeZ7VW — Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) October 18, 2016

@MirzaSania @WTA wooop woop congratulationssss  — Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) October 18, 2016

After splitting with Swiss tennis ace Martina Hingis in August this year, Sania was pitted against the Swiss in the final of Cincinnati Open.

With her new partner Barbora Strycova, Sania rallied from being 5-1 down in the first set against Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe of USA, to win 7-5, 6-4 and clinch the Cincinnati Open title in Cincinnati, Ohio.

With the win, Sania retained her number one status on the women's doubles ranking as Hingis slipped to the second spot.