Indian woman tennis ace Sania Mirza wins Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to the court after giving birth to a child. Moreover, she is the first Indian who wins this prize. Sania Mirza wins Fed Cup Award and donates ITF award’s prize money for Telangana relief. Hence, the wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik won the prize for Asia/Oceania zone. Mirza is currently staying in her native place Hyderabad with her son Izhaan. She pledges to help the Telangana state to combat COVID 19 pandemic.

Sania Mirza Wins Fed Cup Award and Donates ITF Award’s Prize Money For Telangana Relief

Additionally, Sania secured the award after achieved a staggering 10000 plus votes out of the total 16,985 casts for this year’s three regional Group I nominees. This award-winner set by fans through online voting.

I want to donate the money that I get from this award to the Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund as the world is going through very difficult times with the virus.

Mirza was quoted on the official ITF website.

On top of that, Sania is very happy about winning the award. She promised she will bring more honors for her country.

It’s an honor to win the Fed Cup Heart Award as the first Indian. I dedicate this award to the entire country and to all my fans and thank everyone for voting for me. I hope to bring more laurels to the country in the future.

Sania said in a statement issued by the All India Tennis Association (AITA).

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Furthermore, former number one in double and six-time Grand Slam champion Sania beat Indonesia’s 16-year-old Priska Madelyn Nugroho. Besides, she beat him for the award in Asia/Oceanic regional category.

Other reports on this topic:

  • COVID-19: Sania Mirza pledges ITF award’s prize money for Telengana relief – Gulfnews.com
  • Sania wins Fed Cup Heart Award – The Hindu

In addition, the Fed Cup Heart Award winners were settled via online voting by fans which went on for a week from May 1. The Indian’s vote share of over 60 percent of the total cast is evidence of the worldwide popularity of the star in the Fed Cup contest.