No More Controversies

To avoid being dragged into fresh controversies Asia’s top tennis player saniya had decided to skip next months of Bangalore. She is ranked 29th in the world.

Sania's rise to stardom has been accompanied by one controversy after another. She has received fatwas for playing in skirts, hate mail for talking about pre-marital sex and has even landed in trouble for doing an ad shoot near a mosque. The last straw was a contempt petition for disrespecting the national flag by allegedly placing her feet near the Tricolour. In December, she apologised to mosque officials in hometown Hyderabad following a police complaint for trespass after she shot an advertisement film in its premises.

The Muslim player has also had to pay a price for her popularity, however, and has been at the centre of a series of controversies. She faced an edict from a Muslim group for playing in normal tennis attire soon after her rise to prominence. She wants to avoid any fresh controversies. That’s why she doesn’t want to play in India only.