Sania Mirza

Mirza's illustrious run in Melbourne came to an end when she and Rohan Bopanna lost in straight sets to Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos of Brazil in the ...

Super proud of you for all you have achieved in your career. - You are the much needed hope for all the women in sports. "You are the much needed hope for all the women in sports. Malik recently praised his wife on Twitter and claimed that she was the much-needed inspiration for all female athletes. Sania will compete in two more tournaments in the United Arab Emirates before retiring. Sania completed her Grand Slam career with three women's doubles titles and the same number in mixed doubles.

Pakistan cricketer and Sania's husband, Shoaib Malik hailed the Indian tennis ace for her achievements on the tennis court. The former Pakistan captain's ...

Rod Laver Arena has really been special in my life and I couldn't think of a better arena to finish my career at in a Grand Slam," Sania said. The presence of her son Izhaan , alongside family and friends made the occasion sweeter." The Rod Laver Arena has been a happy hunting ground for the Hyderabadi. "You are the much-needed hope for all the women in sports. With tears in her eyes, she did announce that this is not the absolute end of her career as she is planning to play a couple of tournaments more but they certainly won't be Grand Slams. She and her partner Rohan Bopanna went down 6-7(2) 2-6 to the Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Mataos in the final at the Rod Laver Arena to finish as runners-up of the mixed doubles event.

Sania has won Grand Slams before. She even won a title at SW19 as a junior in 2003 coming up the ranks. But the 2023 Australian Open Mixed Doubles final is ...

She even won a title at SW19 as a junior in 2003 coming up the ranks. Sania Mirza is a story in herself. First, she was going into the tournament knowing this was her last major.

Indian tennis star bids adieu to Grand Slam career as runner-up in Melbourne.

“Today we get to play the last match here on Rod Laver Arena. “That was scarily enough 18 years ago and I’ve had the privilege to come back here again and again and win some titles here. “It’s truly special for me to play with Sania,” he said. “The journey of my professional career started in Melbourne… There was no holding them back after her final match at Melbourne Park, 22 years after she first teamed with Bopanna. Melbourne: India tennis star Sania Mirza on Friday wrapped up her legendary Grand Slam career as Australian Open mixed doubles runner-up.

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis lauded Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's passion, perseverance, and dedication as she bows out of professional tennis ...

In 2015, she even became the world's No. From 2009 to 2016, Sania Mirza won six Grand Slam doubles titles – three each in the women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Sania also mentioned that while she would play a few more tournaments, she had resigned from professional tennis and concluded her speech by thanking everyone for their support.

Mirza, who leaves tennis in India as a sleeping giant, has been a trailblazer nonetheless. “I would like to have a quieter life,” she said after the mixed ...

In her debut, she became the first Indian woman to reach the third round of a major in singles, losing 6-4, 6-1 to Williams, and reached the fourth round at the U.S. We are everywhere, and the fact is, when I go to a restaurant in Melbourne, and I walk there, I am stopped here, too. “It was not the India of today. “I think if I had to pick one attribute of Sania, it’s that she was fearless,” Hegde said. “And it’s not just the Indian people, it’s also the people from the subcontinent: the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis and the Sri Lankans. “That was scary enough 18 years ago,” she said. “I would like to have a quieter life,” she said after the mixed doubles final. That was too low for direct entry but with the Australian Open eager to build its regional connections and identity, she received a wild card as the top eligible Asian player. “I looked like a mummy,” Mirza said with a chuckle. “I hope that I’ve been able to bring that little mind-set shift where becoming an athlete can be a career option for a young girl, and I mean the first option.” She was a confident teenager with a big forehand and personality, but injuries and her limited mobility kept her from improving on those results in singles, peaking at No. Doubles, even with Mirza in the mix, remains a sideshow to singles.

The six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza had announced last month that she would be hanging up her boots for good in February after the WTA 1000 in ...

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The tennis ace, however, is set to retire next month after the WTA event in Dubai. To have women stars as well is something, that's the way forward really. The IPL has been running since 2008.

The Australian Open was the 36-year-old's last appearance in a Grand Slam, where she finished as finalist with Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles event.

Of course I would win in that dream, but I didn’t in this one,” she added. “For me, whether I win six Grand Slams or seven Grand Slams, that wasn’t going to change much in my life, right? India’s star tennis player Sania Mirza bowed out of the Australian Open as mixed doubles finalist in the last Grand Slam appearance of her career, on Friday.