Digital Desk: Sania Mirza lost in the Round of 2 of the Australian Open 2023, ending her women’s doubles Grand Slam career.
Sania and her female partner Anna Danilina were defeated by the unseeded team of Anhelina Kalinina and Alison Van Uytvanck in the women’s doubles event. At Melbourne Park, Mirza and Danilina’s loss to the opponent was by scores of 4-6, 6-4, and 2-6.
This was Mirza’s final participation in a women’s doubles Grand Slam match as she will retire after the Dubai Open next month. Mirza is a six-time Major champion.
Mirza-Danilina nearly had an excellent start in the first set of the match as they battled the Van Uytvanck serve. During the 11-minute encounter, there were five break points available, but none were used since the Belgian was able to hold serve.
To reach to the second round of the women’s doubles tournament, Sania Mirza and Anna Danilina defeated the Hungarian-American duo of Dalma Galfi and Bernarda Pera earlier.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, an elite Indian mixed doubles team, on the other hand, easily advanced to the second round of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday. Saina Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, the semifinalists from Rio 2016, upset Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville, the Australian wild card entry, 7-5, 6-3, in an hour and 14 minutes.
The Indian team lost the match right away after being broken in the fourth game. Following a swift comeback, Mirza and Bopanna won six of the following eight games to win the first set. As they gathered strength, Mirza and Bopanna held onto the second set and won the set and the match by defeating Jaimee Fourlis and Luke Saville in the seventh and ninth games.
It needs to be mentioned that in 2009’s Australian Open mixed doubles Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were champions.