No one has the right to ask me what happens in my bedroom: Sania Mirza
Mumbai: Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza is known not to mince her words while countering stern questions posed to her by the media. If her performance on the court, where she looks at the tennis ball almost like it’s a football, has been appreciated by all, Sania is also well-known to handle the media with utmost precision. In an interview with BBC, she spoke of her pain of being a woman in a “man’s world” and also warned people not to procure details of her family planning.
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"When you're a woman you have to fight a lot harder," she says. "It has nothing to do with India. It has nothing to do with this side of the world. It's to do with the world," Sania said during the interview as part of the BBC's 100 Women Series.
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Even after making her stance clear about her personal life, she repeatedly faces questions like, "When are you going to have children?" And Sania’s almost comes like a slap on the face.
"I find it extremely disrespectful to ask someone this question. Just because I'm a public figure, it does not give anyone the right to ask me what happens in my bedroom," said Sania.
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Sania has had a dream run in the women’s doubles category in 2015. With 10 titles – including the recent WTA $7 million title in Singapore – she established her supremacy, along with Swiss partner Martina Hingis. It was the pair's ninth title together this season, having also won in Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, US Open, Wimbledon, Charleston, Miami and Indian Wells.
Sania is also one of the highest paid athletes in the sub-continent and now has set her sights on clinching a gold medal in the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics.
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