PTI
New Delhi, January 7
Veteran Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has decided to draw curtains on her illustrious career at next month’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship.
The former world doubles No. 1 announced the decision during an interview with the WTA Tour’s website.
Sania had initially intended to hang up her racquet at the end of the last season, but an elbow injury ruled her out of the US Open and forced her to stop playing in 2022 as early as August.
The 36-year-old, who is married to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, has been living in Dubai for more than a decade, and will bid adieu to the game at her home base.
“I was going to stop right after the WTA Finals, because we were going to make the WTA Finals, but I tore my tendon in my elbow right before US Open so I had to pull out of everything,” Sania said. “And honestly, the person that I am, I like to do things on my own terms. So I don’t want to be forced out by injury. So, I’ve been training.” Sania, a six-time Major champion — three each in the doubles and mixed doubles — has signed up to compete at this month’s Australian Open alongside Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina.
She has been suffering from a lingering calf problem but is hoping that the injury won’t hamper her farewell plans. “The plan is to try and retire in Dubai during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships,” she said.
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