Former captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team Mithali Raj wrote, “You’ve given your everything to tennis and to women’s sports.”

Life has come a full circle for Sania Mirza as she steps away from the sport on her own terms today, an essential reason why her journey feels like a personal victory. 

Sania Mirza, from UP’s Mirzapur, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and would be the country’s first Muslim girl and the state’s first IAF pilot.

When celebrities like Alia Bhatt or Sania Mirza share any personal posts, the media scrambles to make sensational headlines out of it. Such narratives completely dismisses a person’s body of work and violates their right to privacy.

Mirza shared a cryptic message on her social media which read, “Where do broken hearts go. To find Allah.” The message sparked rumours about Mirza and Malik’s marriage.

The simple act of watching a woman player’s match by the former cricketer tells us a lot about good sportsmanship which enables a person to put skill above gender.

The media’s concerns about weddings simply serve to highlight society’s gendered biases and expectations towards women to raise a family, marry, and “settle down.”

Mirza’s career and life is a lesson to all on what one can achieve with a strong support system and a will of steel.

The 35-year-old tennis player announced her plans to retire after this season on January 19.

While announcing her retirement, Sania Mirza shared that her knee was really hurting during the match on January 19 and she thinks it is time for her to recover.