A friendly, pleasant surprise for Sania

Former Wimbledon champion Bartoli visits the Indian for dinner in Dubai

It was a meeting of hearts, literally! For, India’s best-ever women’s tennis player and six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza had a pleasant surprise on Wednesday night when former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli made an appearance at her home for dinner in Dubai. “I have known Marion from the junior days and she has been an amazing champion. It’s wonderful that we are neighbours now,” said Sania. It may be mentioned here that the star India tennis player is currently taking a forced break from tennis because of the second wave of pandemic after being part of the Indian team for the recent Billie Jean King Cup World Group playoffs against Latvia which India lost 1-3.