Sania Mirza to hang up racquet in Dubai next month
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Sania Mirza plans to hang up racquet in Dubai next month
DUBAI (Web Desk) – Ace tennis player Sania Mirza, the wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, announced her plan to retire from professional tennis after playing the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships scheduled to take place next month.
The former doubles No1 initially intended to retire at the end of last season but an elbow injury ruled her out of the US Open, forcing her to end the 2022 as early as August.
In an interview with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTT), she hoped that she would hang up her racquet on her own terms. The 36-year-old player has signed up for this month’s Australian Open where she would pair up with Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina.
“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,” Mirza told the association.
“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.”
Mirza said now she had planned to retire in Dubai during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, whic is going to being on Feb 19.
She has recently launched a tennis academy in Dubai, which already operates in three locations. The mother of four-year-old Izhaan wants to expand the network as she wants to share her experience with people.
