Sania Mirza, 36, became a professional tennis player in 2003. Has won six Grand Slam titles, including three women’s doubles titles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.
Sania Mirza played her final match as a professional tennis player on Tuesday at the WTA Dubai Duty-Free Championships. Ending a glorious chapter and illustrious career in Indian sports.
One of India’s greatest tennis players, Sania lost in the first round to American partner Madison Keys in Dubai on Tuesday.
She was one of the best players ever to come out of India. In just one hour, the formidable Russian duo of Vernokia Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova defeated Sania and Keys 4-6 0-6. Veronika.
Who is 25 years old, is ranked 11th in singles and 5th in doubles. While Liudmila is ranked 13th in doubles.
Sania, 36, became a professional tennis player in 2003. Has won six Grand Slam titles, including three women’s doubles titles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.
She and her compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi won two of her three mixed doubles matches (the 2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open).
Together with Bruno Soares, she won the US Open trophy. In the first set, which was tied at 4-4, the breaks were traded quickly.
After that, Kudermetova and Samsonova broke Sania and Keys’ doubles team one more time to take a 5-4 lead, putting them in a position to serve out the set.
They did that without much difficulty, only losing by one point in the tenth game.
In the very first game of the second set. Sania and her partner were broken, and they were bageled after that.