Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who recently announced that 2022 would be her last season, says she had made the announcement too soon and was “regretting” it since she was being asked about it all the time. Mirza’s swansong appearance at the Australian Open ended with a quarterfinal loss to local pair Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler in the mixed doubles event here. “I am not actually thinking about that at every match to be honest very, I think that I made the announcement too soon to be very honest, I am kind of regretting it because that’s all I am being asked right now,” Mirza said when asked whether her outlook towards tennis and the Tour has changed considering it was her last season. The 35-year-old, who is India’s most accomplished woman tennis player, having won six Grand Slam titles, including three mixed doubles trophies, was speaking on Extraaa Serve’ on Sony Sports Network. Mirza, who hails from Hyderabad, maintained that she plays tennis to win matches. Mirza on January 19 had announced that she will hang up her racquet at the end of 2022 season as her body was “wearing down” and the motivation and energy for everyday grind was not the same anymore. She had made the retirement announcement after losing the Australian Open women’s doubles first round with partner Nadiia Kichenok. They lost to Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek and Kaja Juvan.
