Autobiography of an ace
It was a heady show involving two aces--one from tinsel town and another from the world of sports.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday launched the autobiography of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza titled 'Ace Against Odds' in her hometown Hyderabad on Wednesday night.
"Genuinely...I feel that the more love we show to our girls ...the more love we show to our women and the more love and respect we show to our ladies ... believe me, we will have many more achievements which are world class like Sania's," the 50-year-old actor told reporters.
"Have a lot of respect ...genuinely, I am telling you here are no bigger achievers than women in this world," the "Dilwale" star said.
"She (Sania) is the 'rani' of racket'," he quipped.
Khan said "Sania has done more than anyone else to make our country proud. We would remember people like athlete P T Usha, boxer Mary Kom and Sania Mizra who have led the way for lots of boys and girls to take up sports as a professional career and make our country even prouder."
Sania, for her part, said, "I couldn't have thought of a better person to do it (the launch). All I had to do is, just say can you (SRK) please come and unveil this very special thing for me? That's all I had to say and he is here".
The book captures Sania's journey of becoming World's No.1 player in women's doubles and the difficulties and challenges faced by her in making her dream come true.
Khan feels any movie made on tennis star Sania Mirza will be inspiring and he may like to produce it.
Appreciating Sania's grit, determination and love for the sport to rise to the top ranking in doubles game despite her injury, he said Sania had an injury and she could not continue with the singles career but she twisted it around and she became the No.1 in doubles.
"We all will take away something fantastic from this book...we all will have some learning lesson. Her experiences are very vital and to understand how you fight against things which are going against you," he said, adding that she's just truly absolutely inspiring and there should also be a part-two of this book,” Khan said.
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