Indian tennis star Sania Mirza bid adieu to her career in Hyderabad on Sunday. During the day they played exhibition matches on the court and at night they hosted a grand party in a five star hotel. Many big actors, cricketers and sportspersons arrived to attend the party but Sania’s husband Shoaib Malik did not turn up. Sania Mirza’s son Izhaan and parents were present at the party.
While Sania’s younger sister Anam Mirza Pam arrived with her husband Asad and former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. Azharuddin is Anam Mirza’s father-in-law. Sania posed for pictures with the entire family but her husband Shoaib Malik’s absence left fans a bit surprised. Shoaib did not even appear in the farewell match during the day.
Badminton star Saina Nehwal arrived at the party with her husband and fellow player Parupalli Kashyap. Saina was looking very beautiful in pink color gown. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan also appeared in this party with his wife and children. The party was also attended by Yuvraj Singh, who came to watch the Farewell match during the day, who had specially come to Hyderabad for the occasion.
Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman also attended Sania’s retirement party. He took several selfies inside the party and also shared them on social media. South cinema superstar Mahesh Babu also reached this party with his wife Namrata Shirodkar. Both were seen twinning in black. Namrata wore a beautiful black gown, while Mahesh Babu was seen in a black shirt.
Mahesh Babu is often in the news, he is so popular that even a glimpse of him becomes headlines of the news. He is rarely seen with wife Namrata Shirodkar. But whenever both are seen together, they make headlines. Apart from Bollywood star Angad Bedi and his wife Neha Dhupia, Huma Qureshi, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan also attended Sania Mirza’s party.
Indian tennis great Sania Mirza ended her illustrious journey as a player with tears of joy on Sunday. He played the last match at the same place from where he started this journey. Sania finally ended her illustrious career by playing an exhibition match at the Lal Bahadur Tennis Stadium. She signaled her arrival on the big stage nearly two decades ago with a historic WTA singles title in Hyderabad.
These exhibition matches featured Rohan Bopanna, Yuvraj Singh and best friends Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Ivan Dodig, Cara Black and Marion Bartoli. Prominent personalities including Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Former Indian Cricket Team Captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ananya Birla, Huma Qureshi, Dulquer Salmaan, family, friends and fans and students of Sania Mirza Tennis Academy attended the exhibition match took.
Sania, 36, reached the stadium in a red colored car. Everyone welcomed him with thunderous applause. Sania became emotional in the farewell speech. Sania said that playing for the country for 20 years is the biggest honor for her. The six-time Grand Slam winner (three in women’s doubles and three in mixed doubles) played two mixed doubles exhibition matches and won both. Sania said, I could not have asked for a better farewell.
Sania got emotional seeing the enthusiasm of the audience. He said, ‘I did not think that I would become emotional today but these are tears of happiness. Many things in my life have started here in this stadium. It’s been a long journey, I started when nobody thought tennis was an option. Be it a boy or a girl, especially for a girl from Hyderabad. My parents believed in me, my sister and my family…’
