Australia Open 2023: India’s tennis superstar Sania Mirza (Sania Mirza) Has played his last Grand Slam match at the Australian Open. This match has been played on Friday in Australia Open. Where Sania had to bid farewell with a defeat in the mixed doubles final. Sania Mirza landed with her partner Bopanna. Where he had to face defeat. With this, Sania Mirza has bid farewell with moist eyes.
Sania lost the last match
In this final match, the pair of Sania and Bopanna was defeated by the Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos. In this match, the Indian pair was defeated by a margin of 6-7, 2-6. For India, Sania and Bopanna defeated Desira Krajic and Neil Skupski 7-6(5), 6-7(5) and 10-6 in the semi-finals to make it to the final.
Sania became emotional
After this match, Sania also gave her retirement speech. He said that my professional career started in Melbourne itself. After this Sania’s eyes were filled with tears. Taking care of himself, he further said that in the year 2005, when I started playing in front of Serena Williams in the third round, I was 18 years old. I came here again and again and won a few tournaments as well. Thank you for your love and support.
Sania started her career in 1999
Sania Mirza started her career in 1999 from the World Junior Tennis Championship. After this Sania did not look back. After this he participated in many international matches and also got success. The year 2003 became the most interesting turning point in his life when he won the doubles at Wimbledon after making a wild card entry from India.
After this, at the end of the year 2005, his international ranking was 42, which was the highest for any Indian tennis player. In May 2006, Sania Mirza, seeded fifth, was defeated in the second round of the $200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis tournament. In the Asian Games held in Doha in December 2006, he won the mixed doubles gold medal with Leander Paes.
This position was registered in the name of Sania
Sania also won the title in 2003 Wimbledon Championship Girls Double. Sania won four gold medals in the Asian Games. In 2007, Sania won four doubles titles and made it to world number 27 in singles rankings. In 2009, Sania won the first Grand Slam in mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi at the Australian Open. Sania Mirza has achieved 6 Grand Slams in her career.
Sania has received many honors at national and international level including Padma Shri Award, Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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