19 October,2016 12:54 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza held the women's doubles no 1 spot for 80 consecutive weeks and shared her joy on Twitter, but Sanjay Manjrekar had a say in it. What followed was a war of words
Sania Mirza, Sanjay Manjrekar
Sania Mirza
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza achieved another feat and went on to talk about it on Twitter. Little did she know that former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar would have a say in it.
The women's doubles star completed 80 weeks consecutively as the number one women's doubles player and went on to share her joy on the social networking website, tweeting about her achievement.
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar could not help himself and stay shut but went on to point out the fact that Sania Mirza is a doubles player and not the women's singles world number one, while wishing her. This is what he tweeted.
Sanjay Manjrekar
Sania Mirza, who is quite a fighter not only on the court, but also off it, chose not to take this one lying down and went on to give a fitting reply to Manjrekar.
Manjrekar also didn't keep shut. He wrote back:
Now, Sania replied posting a WTA article to help Manjrekar:
Sanjay Manjrekar though, had the last word.
Sanjay Manjrekar did not only get a great comeback from Sania Mirza but also invited some major ire from her fans on social media who went on to slam the former batsman with a series of tweets.
However, there were quite a few supporters for Manjrekar, who went on to second his point.