In a current interview, former doubles world No. 1 Sania Mirza confirmed her plans to retire on the WTA 1000 occasion in Dubai subsequent month. Mirza had initially deliberate to hold up his racket after finishing the 2022 season however after harm issues sidelined him within the second half of the 12 months, he determined to delay the choice.
The 36-year-old will play girls’s doubles on the Australian Open this month with Kazakhstan’s Ana Danilina in what could be her final look at a Grand Slam occasion after lacking final 12 months’s US Open because of an elbow harm.
Other health points have additionally plagued him in current instances – together with a persistent shin downside – however he has been in a position to wave goodbye to the game on the match courtroom. “Honestly, being the individual that I’m, I wish to work by myself phrases. So I do not need to be dominated out because of harm. That’s why I’m coaching,” she instructed wtatennis.com.
Her father, Imran, had instructed this newspaper final 12 months after her final look at Wimbledon, the place she narrowly missed the blended doubles ultimate, that bowing out within the WTA finals – competing with the world’s greatest – would finish her profession. It was an acceptable manner of profession. However, accidents derailed that plan.
Mirza was one of many shining lights of Indian tennis in a technology that didn’t discover a lot success outdoors the doubles circuit. She additionally had a exceptional singles profession, reaching a career-high rating of world No. 27, earlier than profitable six Grand Slams and turning into the world No. 1 doubles participant. Major, 2005 US Reached the fourth spherical of the Open.
At the age of 36, because of a collection of nagging harm issues, Mirza’s priorities have modified. “My brain really hasn’t been able to handle that much emotionally. I turned professional in 2003,” she was quoted as saying by the WTA. “Priorities change, and it’s no longer my priority to push my body to the limit every day.”
After retirement, Mirza plans to concentrate on his lecturers in Dubai, which has been his metropolis of residence for over a decade, other than the one he began in Hyderabad. “It is important for me to share my experiences in the places where I live, so I have one in Hyderabad and one in Dubai,” she added.
His final skilled occasion, the Dubai Tennis Championships begins on February 19.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
