Sania Mirza’s Wimbledon journey ends

Sania,
for
whom
it
is
the
last
season
on
the
circuit,
after
having
decided
to
call
it
quits
at
the
end
of
the
year,
it
was
a
case
of
so
near,
yet
so
far
as
a
Wimbledon
title
had
been
eluding
her
all
the
time
and
it
will
remain
elusive
forver
in
her
career.

Sania
and
Pavic
began
on
a
bright
note
and
took
the
first
set,
but
Krawczyk
and
Skupski
came
back
strong
to
restore
parity
in
the
second
before
prevailing
in
the
decider
in
the
match
on
Court
2
which
lasted
2hrs
and
16mins.

Sania
Mirza,
Mate
Pavic
enter
Wimbledon
mixed
doubles
semifinals
after
tough
3
set
win

For
Sania,
her
Wimbledon
journey,
which
started
at
the
junior
level
in
2001,
has
ended
now
after
21
long
years.

Krawczyk
and
Skupski
will
get
the
chance
to
defend
their
title
against
the
all-Australian
pair
of
Matthew
Ebden
and
Samantha
Stosur
who
beat
the
American
pair
of
Jack
Sock
and
Coco
Gauff
6-3,
5-7,
7-5
in
the
other
last-four
encouter.

Sania
and
Pavec
had
defeated
the
fourth-seeded
Canadian-Australian
pair
of
Gabriela
Dabrowski
and
John
Peers
6-4,
3-6,
7-5
in
the
quarterfinal
match
en
route
to
reaching
the
last-four.

The
sixth
seeded
pair
reached
the
quarterfinals
after
their
second
round
opponents
Ivan
Dodig
and
Latisha
Chan
gave
a
walkover.

Sania
and
Pavic
had
beaten
Spain’s
David
Vega
Hernandez
and
Georgia’s
Natela
Dzalamidze
6-4,
3-6,
7-6
(3)
in
the
first
round.

But
in
the
semifinals,
Krawczyk
and
Skupski
proved
too
good
for
them.

Sania
had
announced
in
Jaunaury
itself
that
that
2022
will
be
her
last
season
since
her
body
is
“wearing
down”
and
motivation
and
energy
for
the
everyday
grind
is
not
the
same
anymore.

The
35-year-old
35,
who
is
married
to
Pakistani
cricketer
Shoaib
Mailik
had
returned
to
tennis
after
giving
birth
to
her
son
in
March
2019,
but
her
progress
was
later
thwarted
by
the
coronavirus
(COVID-19)
pandemic.

Sania
and
her
Czech
partner
Lucie
Hradecka
had
earlier
lost
in
the
opening
round
of
women’s
doubles
event.