Australian Open: Sania Mirza rocking even at the age of 36, confirmed place in final of her last Grand Slam
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What did Sania say after the match
After winning the opening set and then losing the second set, the Indian pair made a good start in the super tiebreaker. Sania grabbed three match points with a backhand winner and then won the match on the next point when Krasic failed to return a drive volley. Sania said after the match, ‘It was a great match, very nervous. This is my last Grand Slam and playing with Rohan is special. He was my first mixed doubles partner when I teamed up with him at the age of 14 and now I am 36 and he is 42. We are still playing and our relationship is very strong.
Sania has announced that the WTA tournament to be held in Dubai in February will be the last tournament of her career. “We’re excited to be down here again and give ourselves another chance,” he said in reference to his rivals from the United States and England. We were playing the best mixed doubles pair on tour and we had to give our best. Sania, who won her first Grand Slam title in 2009 Australian Open with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi, said, “I can feel the love of playing here for the last 18 years. It is like home for me, I have family here, I eat food at home and so many Indians come to support me.
Last Grand Slam was won in 2016
Sania then won the women’s doubles title at Melbourne Park in 2016 with Swiss legend Martina Hingis. Bopanna, who won the only Grand Slam of his career when he won the mixed doubles title at the French Open with Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski, said it was important to seize opportunities in the tiebreak. “As Sania said, we were playing against a tough team. It was not easy to maintain the momentum after losing the second set but we stayed strong and took an early lead which gave us the momentum.
Of Sania’s six Grand Slam titles, three are mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi (2019 Australian Open, 2012 French Open) and Brazil’s Bruno Soares (2014 US Open). Sania won all three of her women’s doubles Grand Slam titles with Hingis (Wimbledon 2015, US Open 2015 and Australian Open 2016).
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