India’s tennis star Sania Mirza and former Indian cricketer and current commentator Sanjay Manjrekar were involved in an exchange of words on Twitter on Wednesday over the former completing 80 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 doubles player in the world.
It started with Mirza announcing her achievement on Tuesday:
Today I complete 80 consecutive weeks as the number 1 player in d world👆its been an amazing journey and just inspires me to work harder @WTA pic.twitter.com/BsHoeU0YAT
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 18, 2016
Acclaim poured in for Mirza from all quarters but Manjrekar, while congratulating her, reminded her that she was No. 1 in the doubles category.
No 1 doubles player you mean. Congrats! https://t.co/Qrdyigdrro
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2016
Mirza, however, was not impressed by Manjrekar's response and pointed out that since she did not play singles anymore, it was common sense. She did thank him for his wishes in another tweet though.
Since I don't play singles anymore isn't that obvious/common sense?my bad,common sense is not that common after all I guess.. :) https://t.co/fXhnaQZEM7
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 19, 2016
Hey.. But thanks for your wishes though ofcourse https://t.co/fXhnaQZEM7
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 19, 2016
But that was not the end of it. Manjrekar soon responded:
Well, you missed out an important detail for someone like me who lacks common sense :) https://t.co/nLgRFONxrn
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2016
Mirza though wasn't going to let it go so easily. She responded by highlighting Manjrekar's use of the words "important detail" and provided a link to an article from the official Women's Tennis Association website.
Clearly!!! So here you go https://t.co/vRE2vmk1ka .. An article with all the 'important details' .. :) https://t.co/lZTGBSsUNA
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) October 19, 2016
And obviously, Manjrekar had to reply, trying to buttress his point by stating that even the article mentioned "No. 1 doubles player in the world". Thankfully, he decided to end the spat there and then.
Yes, the article also says No. 1 doubles player in the world. Said what I had to, will leave all balls outside the off stump alone now 😊👋🏽 https://t.co/LP37fxYE0s
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 19, 2016
But the former Indian cricket came in for his fair share of criticism on the social networking website.
Sanjay Manjrekar channeling his inner Sanga's Dad. https://t.co/gc50ayOuqE
— cricBC (@cricBC) October 19, 2016
Terrible player, terrible commentator, and, now, a terrible.. person? No low is low enough for Sanjay Manjrekar. https://t.co/PcZbUDUtvL
— Tanul Thakur (@Plebeian42) October 19, 2016
@sanjaymanjrekar A lot of headlines stating 'Kohli led India to No.1 in ICC rankings.' Nobody had to tell you it was in Tests @MirzaSania
— Ahmer Nazir (@iAhmer) October 19, 2016