Sania Mirza is pretty unhappy about how the Indian media focussed on her tax issues more than her entry into the semifinals of the ongoing Qatar Open.
Mirza was issued a notice by the Central Board of Excise and Customs over allegedly evading tax on the Rs 1 crore she received from the Telangana government. However, her representative said that the money was not intended as payment towards Mirza being the state’s ambassador, but provided as a ‘training incentive’.
The media has been covering the issue extensively and Sania vented her frustrations on Twitter
Standing ovation to our amazing certain sections of media who haven’t bothered to write or report bout me being in another semi finals of –
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) February 17, 2017
a tournament in Qatar ,but heyyy there are 100 articles bout ‘tax evasion’ which most of them don’t even understand properly
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) February 17, 2017
As to what’s going on 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I think is pretty clear negative news sells a lot more than positive news or achievements I guess!!
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) February 17, 2017
Mirza and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic entered the women’s doubles last-four stage and will take on American-Slovenian duo of Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik later on Friday.
