By Joseph Salvador The WNBA star had been a prisoner in Russia since February. WNBA star Brittney Griner celebrated her 32nd birthday from a Russian jail cell Tuesday while serving a nine-year prison sentence and released a statement via her lawyer to all her fans and supporters. “Thank you everyone for fighting so hard to get me home,” she said in the release, per CNN’s Ana Cabrera. “All the support and love are definitely helping me.” The Mercury center was arrested at a Moscow airport in February and accused of having hashish oil in her luggage. She pleaded guilty to drug charges in July, a…