Sania Mirza introduced that WTA 1000 occasion in Dubai in February can be her remaining competitors. The Indian tennis legend stated in an interview with the WTA web site.
“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 have been training,” she informed wtatennis.com.
Sania, the previous doubles world no. 1, initially wished to hold up her racquet on the finish of 2022, however an elbow damage dominated her out of the US Open and compelled her to finish 2022 as early as August.
The six-time Grand Slam winner in doubles will play her remaining Major on the Australian Open later this month earlier than hanging up her boots on the Dubai meet.
Last 12 months, Sania’s father Imran Mirza stated that her Wimbledon look, the place she misplaced the blended doubles semifinal partnering Mate Pavic, can be her remaining match. Saina, on her half, determined to delay her retirement attributable to accidents.
“I really don’t have the capacity in my mind to emotionally push that much anymore. I turned pro in 2003,” the 36-year-old was quoted as saying by WTA. “Priorities change, and now my priority is not to push my body to the limit every single day,” she added.
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Sania additionally made it clear that after her retirement she desires to give attention to her academies in Dubai along with the one she arrange in Hyderabad, the town the place she grew up and discovered tennis.
“For me it’s important to share my experience in the places that I live in, that’s why I have one in Hyderabad and one in Dubai,” she stated.