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Smiling Pinki flips coin at Wimbledon

Pinki Sonkar of 'Smile Pinki' fame, beneficiary of a life-changing cleft lip surgery, flipped the coin at the Wimbledon men's singles final between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, in London on Sunday.

Updated on: Jul 07, 2013 08:48 PM IST
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Pinki Sonkar of 'Smile Pinki' fame, beneficiary of a life-changing cleft lip surgery, flipped the coin at the Wimbledon men's singles final between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, in London on Sunday.

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Clad in a white T-shirt and trousers with a white necklace, Pinki entered the Centre Court confidently, waving towards the crowd. She shook hands with the officials and the two finalists and also posed for photographs.

The 11-year-old girl represented New York-based Smile Train, which helped her receive free cleft treatment in 2007.

Smile Train is world's largest cleft lip and palate non-profit organisation, which was chosen as the charity partner to perform the flip of the coin at the men's singles event.

Smile Train aims to provide free surgeries to people born with cleft lip and palate.

Pinky, whose life was captured in the Oscar winning documentary 'Smile Pinki', also travelled United States in her tour to share her story.

Doctor Subodh Kumar Singh, who performed Pinki's cleft surgery in 2007, is accompanying her on the tour.

 
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