Bollywood star Salman Khan has only words of encouragement for India's tennis ace Sania Mirza, who lost in the women's doubles final at the French Open.

"Don't worry sania v r all proud of u. Haar jeet toh is a part of life n haar ke baad jeet hai. Jeete raho (Victory and defeat is a part of life and after every defeat, there's victory. God bless you), " Salman posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Sania played the match along with Elena Vesnina of Russia against Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in Paris Friday.