Six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza begins her closing Australian Open marketing campaign on Thursday, partnering Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina in girls’s doubles. The eighth-seeded pair takes on the Hungarian-American duo of Dalma Galfi and Bernarda Pera.
The 36-year-old Mirza, a former World No. 1 in doubles, introduced earlier this month that she is going to retire from the game after subsequent month’s WTA 1000 occasion in Dubai.
Mirza gained her first-ever Grand Slam title in 2009 in Melbourne with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in combined doubles. Seven years later, she lifted the ladies’s doubles winner’s trophy with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis.
In males’s doubles, wildcard all-Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni, and the Indo-Mexican duo of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela will even be in motion on Thursday.
Here is the record of fixtures involving Indians on day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open (with estimated begin timings in IST)
Court 14
Women’s Doubles, Round One: [8] Sania Mirza/Anna Danilina (KAZ) vs Dalma Galfi (HUN)/Bernarda Pera (USA) – 9:30AM IST
Court 5
Men’s Doubles, Round One: [WC] Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni vs [14] Andries Mies (GER)/John Peers (AUS) – 7AM IST
Court 13
Men’s Doubles, Round One: Ramkumar Ramanathan/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Petros Tsitsipas/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – 9:30AM IST
Where to look at 2023 Australian Open in India?
In India, viewers will have the ability to watch the dwell telecast of the Australian Open on the Sony Sports Network and stream the matches dwell on the SonyLiv app and JioTV.