Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza shares update on her plans to retire from the sport
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has shared an update on her plans to retire from the sport, saying she plans to hang up her boots at the WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February.
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The tennis ace decided to call time on her illustrious career at the end of the 2022 season, citing injuries.
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“I was going to stop right after the WTA Finals, because we were going to go to the WTA Finals, but I tore the tendon in my elbow right before the US Open, so I had to pull out of everything,” Mirza told the tour’s website of the WTA. in an interview published Friday.
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She said She doesn’t want to be “forced out due to injury” so she has been training.
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The two-time Australian Open champion will pair with Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina to compete in the women’s doubles at the 2023 Australian Open, which is scheduled to begin on January 16.
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“I’m 36, and honestly, my body is beat up; that’s the main reason for it. I really don’t have the capacity in my mind to emotionally push that hard anymore,” the publication quoted Mirza as saying in a recent interview.
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She said her priorities have changed over time, and now her priority is “not pushing my body to the limit every day.”
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