World No.1 Iga Swiatek pays tribute to Sania Mirza after Indian star retires from tennis

World No.1 Iga Swiatek paid a glowing tribute to Sania Mirza after the Indian star introduced an finish to her tennis profession on Tuesday. Mirza misplaced her closing profession sport on Tuesday on the Dubai Tennis Championship.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 22, 2023 08:36 IST

Mirza ended her taking part in profession on Tuesday (Courtesy: PTI)

By India Today Web Desk: World No.1 Iga Swiatek paid her tribute to Sania Mirza after the Indian star introduced down the curtains on her illustrious tennis profession on Tuesday.

Mirza, who had ended her Grand Slam profession on the Australian Open earlier this yr, was partnering Madison Keys because the duo took on the Russian pairing of Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova within the Dubai Tennis Championship on Tuesday.

Despite the perfect efforts of Mirza and Keys, the Russian pair proved to be too robust for them and the Indian star went on to lose her closing profession match 4-6, 0-6.

The tributes have been pouring in for Mirza after her closing profession match with the newest one being the World No.1 Swiatek. The Polish star posted a easy thanks message for the Indian star on Tuesday.

“Thank you @MirzaSania,” tweeted Swiatek.

Mahesh Bhupathi additionally penned a particular message for Mirza and welcomed her to retirement. He stated that he was pleased with the Indian star.

“Welcome to retirement @MirzaSania you outdid yourself time and time again both on and off the court …. Proud of you !!” stated Bhupathi on Twitter.

Jhulam Goswami had additionally penned a particular message for Mirza after her retirement from tennis on Tuesday.

Ahead of her closing match, Mirza had stated that tennis is a crucial a part of her life however not her total life.

“For me, tennis was always and is always going to be a very, very large and big and important part of my life, but it is not my entire life. And that is the mindset I went with, even as a young girl and as a professional athlete. The worst that can happen is that you can lose a tennis match and then come back and try again.

“So, the concern of shedding was not there. And I feel lots of people turn into defensive as a result of they’ve the concern of shedding. They suppose ‘oh if we push the ball or put the ball contained in the court docket, perhaps we cannot lose’. But, in the long term, that does not work to turn into a prime athlete.”

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Feb 22, 2023