Sania MirzaΒ added another feather to her already illustrious cap this year by winning the US Open women’s doubles with partner Martina Hingis. [caption id=“attachment_2423748” align=“alignleft” width=“375”]  Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis in action at US Open. AP[/caption] The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna winner and her Swiss partnerΒ defeated fourth seeded Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 to claim their second, consecutive Grand Slam of the year after their Wimbledon triumph in July. “It has been a great year for us,” Sania said after the win. To win Wimbledon was a great year. Then to come back and back it up to win the US Open, we feel like we’re a really solid team. And we came through again today," Sania said after her victory. Sania’s achievement was widely praised on Twitter by celebrities and common folk alike. Leading the praise from the front was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who saidΒ that she made the country proud. Sania was quick to respond with thank you.
Congratulations @MirzaSania & @mhingis on the phenomenal victory at the @usopen. Your accomplishments make us proud.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 14, 2015
@narendramodi Thank you Sir for your wishes.. π
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015
President Pranab Mukherjee and Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi congratulated Indian tennis star as well.
After Wimbledon another great win for @MirzaSania and @mhingis, this time at the U.S.Open! Congratulations!
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 14, 2015
Hearty congratulations @MirzaSania @mhingis on winning the U.S. Open women's doubles, well done!
— President Mukherjee (@POI13) September 13, 2015
Impact Shorts
More Shorts. @MirzaSania with blessings for more. Keep this going for more still. You have it in you.
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) September 14, 2015
Sania was wished by several other Indian sportspersons as well from Sachin Tendulkar to PV Sindhu.
@mhingis for President anyone?? #5 slams delivered @Leander @MirzaSania #india
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) September 13, 2015
Congrats @MirzaSania & @mhingis on winning the @usopen Women's Doubles and winning back to back Grand Slam titles. (1/2)
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 14, 2015
@MirzaSania woohoooo heartiest congratulationsssssssππΌππ
— Gutta Jwala π (@Guttajwala) September 14, 2015
Super Stuff ππ @mirzasania
— Joshna Chinappa (@joshnachinappa) September 14, 2015
@MirzaSania @mhingis @usopen congratulations awesome performance πππππ......
— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) September 14, 2015
Thinking of keeping a "permanent congratulations tweet" in my drafts ! Well done @Leander @MirzaSania and ofcourse @mhingis :) #USOpen
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 14, 2015
Bollywood stars also joined in the wishes
T 1994 - Sania Mirza & Hingis win Womens Doubles US Open .. bring great pride to us all .. such a joy to hear 'India' in commentary .. !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 14, 2015
Congratulations to @MirzaSania & @mhingis on an awesome performance and for their victory. #USOpen2015
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 13, 2015
Joy over joy. @MirzaSania and @mhingis win the doubles! You continue to swell our hearts with pride, Sania! Superb! #USOpen2015
— Rahul Bose (@RahulBose1) September 13, 2015
Congratulations @MirzaSania .. Love how your making winning a habit and Making each Indian so proud of you https://t.co/dtqdvCynqn
— Genelia Deshmukh (@geneliad) September 14, 2015
Perfectionists at play. @MirzaSania & @mhingis - Congratulations #USOpen2015 #Champions
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) September 13, 2015
As expected, Indian Twitterati had some hilarious comments as well.
Indians do so well when they partner with Swiss people no? Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, Suresh Kalmadi...
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) September 13, 2015
Sania Mirza is winning quite often now. Mothers across India find validation for "Shaadi kar lo, sab theek ho jaayega"
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) September 13, 2015
And here’s what Sania and Hingis had to say about their victory.
We did it @mhingis ππ @usopen #sacrificepaysoff #hardwork #highfivetomanymore pic.twitter.com/5GWmUiIcI4
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015
Champions πͺπ Thank you all for ur endless support ,love and wishes .. It's been a dream come true ..Again π @mhingis pic.twitter.com/0mtJTuECB8
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) September 14, 2015
can you tell how happy we are? @MirzaSania @usopen #doubledouble pic.twitter.com/UELatGYJAT
— Martina Hingis (@mhingis) September 13, 2015