Sania Mirza, who is gearing up to embrace motherhood soon, has revealed that her husband Shoaib Malik wishes to have a baby girl.

The tennis star was recently snapped in Mumbai where she was seen flaunting her baby bump during an event of United Nations (UN). While speaking at the launch of UN women’s anthem ‘Mujhe Haq Hai’, she revealed that her husband wants a girl. “And a secret is that my husband wants a girl very badly,” she said.

Sania also touched the subject of gender equality. “I think it’s very important for a girl to believe that she is empowered within in order for men to believe that she is empowered. You have to believe in equality when you want to get treated equally,” said Sania, Indian media quoted.

“I started playing tennis when I was six years old; at a time when a girl playing tennis in Hyderabad was unheard of. I came from a family full of cricketers, including my dad. When my parents actually said that she is going to play tennis, my aunts and uncles were like her [sania] skin will darken and nobody will marry her,” she added.

Sania and her cricketer hubby broke the news of her pregnancy a few months ago on their social media by posting a picture.