Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and her Tennis star husband Mahesh Bhupati have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon.

Mahesh Bhupati took to twitter to announce the good news to all their fans.

“ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @DuttaLara. I Love u...” he tweeted.

Congratulatory messages have already begun for the couple.

“Congratulations to my dear @Maheshbhupathi and darling Lara on the arrival of the princess !! GOD BLESS U ALL :),” tweeted Neil Nitin Mukesh.

“Congrats Mahesh and Lara! Its a girl!” said Ken Gosh.

“Huge congratrulations to lara dutta and @maheshbhupathi, the proud parents of a baby girl! To top that, mahesh won his match today! #usopen,” wrote Rahul Bose.

“Congratulations to Lara n Mahesh fr hving a baby girl!Wow!” Bipasha Basu tweeted.

Congratulations to the Happy Couple.