Dubai Open Highlights: India Tennis ace Sania Mirza’s professional Tennis career has come to an end. The Indian playing alongside Madison Keys in Women’s Doubles suffered a 6-4, 6-0 loss against Russia’s Lidmilla Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova in the first round of the WTA 1000 event on Tuesday, 21st February 2023. Follow Dubai Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Dubai Open Highlights: Sania Mirza’s professional career ends after first round exit at Dubai Open – Watch Highlights
One final embrace 🫂@MirzaSania has played her final match, wrapping up her career in Dubai!#DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/miVNQYJGMJ
— wta (@WTA) February 21, 2023
The breaks were traded at swift pace in the opening set which was locked at 4-4. From there, Kudermetova and Samsonova broke the pair of Sania and Keys one more time for a 5-4 lead, placing themselves in a position from where they could serve out the set.
They did that quite comfortably, losing one point in the 10th game. Sania and her partner were broken in the very first game of the second set and it was one way traffic after that as they were bageled.
Dubai Open LIVE: Sania Mirza and Madison Keys lose first set against Ludmilla Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova in Women’s Doubles first round at Dubai Open – Follow LIVE updatesThe 36-year-old Sania, who turned Pro in 2003, walks out of competitive tennis with six Grand Slam titles, including three women’s doubles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis.
She won two of her three mixed doubles with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi (2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open). She won the US Open trophy with Bruno Soares.
Dubai Open Highlights: Sania Mirza’s professional career ends after first round exit at Dubai Open – Watch Highlights