Game.Set.Celebrate: Sania Mirza Announces Retirement

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has announced her retirement from professional tennis and added that the Australian Open (major) commencing next week and Dubai Open in February would be her last tournaments before she bids goodbye to the sport.

Sharing a lengthy note on social media, Sania Mirza recalled how it all started. “Thirty (yes 30) years ago a 6 year old girl from Nasr School in Hyderabad walked on to a tennis court at Nizam Club with her young mom and fought the coach to let her learn how to play tennis as he thought that she was too little :). The fight for our dreams began at 6!” stated Sania.

“I feel so blessed to have lived my dream while achieving my goals with my family by my side. It’s been 20 years of being a professional athlete and 30 years of being a tennis player. It’s basically all I’ve known throughout my life,” read the note further.

Concluding, Sania said, “Life must move on and I don’t think this is the end but, in fact, a beginning of many different memories to be created, dreams to be achieved and new goals to be set. My son needs me more than ever now and I can’t wait to love a slightly quieter and clamer life while giving him more of my time than I have been able to give so far.”

Sania Mirza is one of only two Indian women to win a WTA Tour title and the third Indian woman in the Open era after Nirupama Mankad and Nirupama Sanjeev. She had won 43 titles, 14 medals (including six golds) at three major multi-sport events Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Afro-Asian Games.