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Sania Mirza officially became the first Indian woman tennis player to be ranked World No 1 in doubles after WTA unveiled its latest list on Monday.
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has congratulated his wife Sania for achieving the No 1 ranking s.
"Congrats @MirzaSania. Your # 1 fan, Shoaib," he tweeted.
"Mrs Malik just became the 1st Indian tennis player to be the World's # 1! Lots of love from all the Pakistani fans," he added.
The Indian ace has risen three rungs in the charts with 7660 points to dethrone Italy's Sara Errani (7640 points). The jump follows her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis in Charleston.
The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair blew away the challenge of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0, 6-4 to win the $ 731,000 clay court event.