Is there a problem in Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik's paradise?

Sania Mirza is busy teaching men the way to a woman's heart on a TV show, but back in her own paradise, not everything seems to be fine.

There is strong buzz doing the rounds for sometime now, that her marriage to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik might just be on the rocks.

Now, Sania is known to be outspoken for she does not shy away from shooting from her lips to whatever questions have been thrown at her. But there's one thing that Sania is just not ready to answer - about her marriage. And the best policy in such a case is to just avoid it.

However, it's the age of social media and nothing, absolutely nothing, remains hidden for long. So, the fact that the two sportspersons from two different countries, who tied the knot in 2010 amidst a lot of controversies and news headlines, are avoiding each other is becoming more and more obvious, raising the question - is all okay between Sania and Shoaib?

While Sania was busy partying with Roger Federer, Ana Ivonovic, Rohan Bopanna, Mahesh Bhupathi, Riteish Deshmukh and others in Delhi on Monday, Shoaib was partying with Humaima Malick and her family in Karachi. But that's not all.

It was early this year that buzz surrounding her marriage being on the rocks surfaced. When the buzz got stronger, Sania's father, Imran Mirza gave out a statement (in February) saying, "There is nothing wrong in Sania and Shoaib's marriage."

Sometime later (in April), Sania herself was quoted as saying, "Our marriage has not been easy because we are professional athletes and come from different countries and we knew there would be stress on us with time, but we have so far managed it well. There are no problems between us at all." To prove rumours wrong, Sania then went on to (in July) post a romantic picture of Shoaib proposing to her with a flower which she titled 'proposal after a proposal'. Cut to the present, this 'proposal after a proposal' post has been deleted from her social networking site.

Yes, Sania has been busy, playing tournaments and winning them back-to-back too. But while professionally, the tennis star is on a high, the same can't be said about her marriage. After one of her tournaments, Sania chose to be home in Hyderabad to celebrate Eid, while Shoaib chose to celebrate it with his mother in Sialkot.

Sania also took the opportunity to thank everyone who matter to her, but there was no mention whatsoever of Shoaib. "This journey wld not hav bn possible without my family, my team, my partner and u guys. I thank Allah for blessing me with so much in my life," she wrote.

Shoaib too seems to be avoiding questions about trouble in paradise. Just recently, while reportedly doing a Q&A with his fans, he was asked by one of them - "y no combined pics of u n @MirzaSania on her Facebook profile?" to which Shaoib replied, "ask Her?"

Apart from this, the only time Sania has found a mention by Shoaib is when he retweeted Salman Khan's post "Wah yaarrr! sania mirza, kamaal karti ho . Like the spirit, issse bolteh hain kick ass . ." after Sania's nationality was questioned.

So while Sania does make statements like, "My James Bond is in Pakistan and I just met him a couple of days back," she chooses to spend her free time in Hyderabad and not catching up with her husband.

Buzz suggests that the two have been avoiding each other for the past seven to eight months now. In fact, we recently asked her about her marriage hitting rock bottom while she was on her way to the Asian Games and Sania chose not to respond.

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