Aus Open: Twitter Celebrates Sania Mirza as Tennis Great Ends Grand Slam Career

Sania Mirza played her final Grand Slam match, at the Australian Open on Friday.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Friday wrapped up her legendary Grand slam career with a defeat in the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open.

The Indian ace and partner Rohan Bopanna lost 7-6(2), 6-2 to the all-Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos, who were playing in their first-ever Grand Slam final.

Interestingly, Sania claimed her first major title in 2009 at the Melbourne Park, when she paired up with Mahesh Bhupathi, and ended her illustrious Grand Slam career at the same venue.

Melbourne Park has been a happy hunting ground for the Indian star. After his maiden triumph in 2009. Seven years later, in 2016, she paired up with Swiss star Martina Hingis and claimed the women's doubles title as the top seed.

Outside Australia, she earned four other Grand Slam titles: 2015 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open women's doubles with Hingis, 2012 Roland Garros mixed doubles with Bhupathi and 2014 US Open mixed doubles with Bruno Soares.

Following her defeat, fans and followers took to Twitter to cheer what has been an illustrious Grand Slam career.

Sania Mirza is playing the last Grand Slam match of her career today 🥲

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2005 #AusOpen 🎾@MirzaSania • #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/Mefl9mkNh7

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 27, 2023

Many congratulations my dear friend @MirzaSania on your glorious career.. you have been an inspiration to a generation- a super achiever that has made every Indian across the globe proud. I wish you only the best for your future endeavours . Much love #SaniaMirza #GOAT𓃵 pic.twitter.com/AywCMsSpQZ

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) January 27, 2023

43 WTA doubles titles, 3 Grand Slam women doubles titles, 3 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and a former World No. 1 doubles player! Congratulations on a stellar career, Sania Mirza 👏 #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/u550Txr8HE

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) January 27, 2023

Congratulations on your great career run Sania Mirza. As you bow out of grand slam tennis you have paved the path for many aspiring sportswomen.
Well played! @MirzaSania #SaniaMirza #RohanBopanna #AustralianOpen #GrandSlam

— Mohammed Azharuddin (@azharflicks) January 27, 2023

When Sania Mirza won her first Asian Games medal for India , Federer had yet to win a Grand Slam tournament, Elena Rybakina was still in her diapers, Saurav Ganguly was the Indian cricket captain, and Sachin Tendulkar was scoring centuries, not Arjun!
Quite an innings!

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) January 27, 2023

What @MirzaSania did for women's tennis in India went beyond the court. It was not easy and she took on more hate than she ever should have, but she was a feisty badass and always will be. And yes, I cried a little watching this. #SaniaMirza #AusOpen https://t.co/4ZHRDCsM5y

— Samira Sood (@samirasood) January 27, 2023