Sania Mirza announced through social networking platforms that she is expecting a baby.
Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Monday announced through social networking platforms that she is expecting a baby. Her post reiterated that her child's surname would be Mirza-Malik. Sania and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik posted an image on their social netework platforms.
The couple celebrated their eighth marriage anniversary a few days back on April 12.
The 31-year-old Indian tennis superstar, who is out of action due to a jumper knee issue since October 2017.
Sania's father and coach Imran confirmed to PTI that the six-time Grand Slam champion is indeed expecting a child.
"Yes, it's true," Imran told PTI adding that the baby is due in October.
At the start of the year, Sania had said that she was hoping to make a comeback to competitive tennis at the French Open.
The image shows the illustration of three sports-style lockers- the left and right ones say Mirza and Malik while the middle one says Mirza-Malik.
Sania had earlier said that she and Shoaib want a daughter. She had also said that she would want her child's surname to be 'Mirza Malik'.
"Today I will tell you a secret. My husband and I have spoken about it and we have decided that whenever we have a child, the child will have Mirza Malik as a surname and not just Malik. So that's where we stand as a family including my husband. He actually wants a daughter," Sania had said during a panel discussion on 'Gender Bias' at the 'Goa Fest 2018'.
Sania spoke about her personal experiences of gender bias, where she has heard some of her relatives telling her parents that they should have had a son so that the family name "goes ahead".
"We are two sisters and have never wished that we had a brother. I have had fights with my uncles and aunts, who talk about it or come up and tell my parents that they should have had a son. For us, daughters are daughters and there was nothing like wanting a son to carry the family name forward," the 31-year-old from Hyderabad said.
"I have not changed my surname (post marriage) and my name is still Sania Mirza and it will remain that way. The family name is going to go forward," she said.
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