Tennis star Sania Mirza has revealed that she and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik would want a daughter whenever they decide to start a family.
Sania was speaking at the Gender Bias panel at the ‘Goa Fest 2018″.
The tennis ace said she would keep her child’s surname as ‘Mirza Malik’, not just “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 said.
While speaking about her personal experiences of gender bias, the tennis star said she was used to hearing 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 tennis queen said.
“I have not changed my surname (after the marriage) and my name is still Sania Mirza and it will remain that way. The family name is going to go forward,” the 31-year-old added.
Sania Mirza tied the knot with Pakistan former skipper Shoaib Malik in 2010 and the couple rarely opened up about their family future plans.