• Sania Mirza has been honoured with Sportstar Aces Inspiring Icon award.
• Sunil Gavaskar gave her the award.
• She considered it a genuine pleasure.

The renowned Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has been honoured in Mumbai with the Sportstar Aces Inspiring Icon award.

The main factors in her well-deserved recognition were her extraordinary contribution to the sport of tennis and the huge influence she had on motivating people all around the world.

Mirza, who is known for pushing boundaries, made history in 2005 by becoming the first Indian player to win a WTA singles championship in her native Hyderabad. She also got to the fourth round of the US Open in the same year, and by 2007, she had risen the ranks to one of the top 30 female tennis players in the world.

Sunil Gavaskar, a legendary Indian cricketer, gave her the award. The athlete was asked to speak briefly on stage after accepting the prize.

The 36-year-old had cherished childhood recollections of paging through Sportstar magazine and ogling the cover pictures of famous athletes. She praised the magazine’s crucial influence in motivating her and declared her wish to one day be on the cover. Thus, she considered it a genuine pleasure to be a member of the Sportstar family and to attend the event.

Mirza continued by thinking back on her 20-year journey, which had its ups and downs, wins and defeats, and thanking her family and supporters for their love and support. She expressed her happiness at winning the prize and thought it was an appropriate beginning to a new chapter in her life.

She added that getting the trophy from Sunil Gavaskar made the occasion even more precious for her and that she had the utmost respect for him as the presenter of the award. She expressed gratitude for the love and recognition she has had over her career as she put an end to her remarks.

Mirza, who is wed to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, has so far refrained from commenting on the rumours of their separation.

Malik, on the other hand, spoke about the subject in an interview and urged people to keep rumours and personal matters to themselves.

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