Australian Open 2022: Sania Mirza out in quarter-final; Nadal enters semis
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has said goodbye to the Australian Open after losing in the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles. The pair of Sania and Rajiv Ram of America were defeated by the pair of Jason Kubler and Jamie Forlis of Australia 6-4, 7-6 in straight sets. This match lasted for about one and a half hours.
The Australian pair dominated the opening round in the first set of the quarterfinal match, but had to work hard to win the match. In the second set, the pair of Sania and Rajeev were leading 4-3 at one time, but the pair of Kubler and Fourlis made a spectacular comeback to level the first set at 5-5 and later fought 7-6. Winning and making it to the last four.
Sania’s last Australian Open
This was Sania’s last Australian Open tournament. She recently announced that she would retire from tennis after at the end of this season. The country’s most successful female tennis player Sania has won 6 Grand Slam titles, including three mixed doubles titles. Last week, Sania had already made a first round exit in the women’s doubles category.
Won Australian Open twice
Even though Sania Mirza is out this time, she has been the winner of Australian Open twice. In 2009, she won the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi. After that in the year 2016, she won the women’s doubles title with Martina Hingis of Switzerland. This was also Sania’s last Grand Slam title win.
Nadal reached the semi-finals for the 7th time
At the same time, Rafael Nadal has made it to the semi-finals of the Australia Open. In the quarterfinals, Nadal defeated Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. This exciting match between the two lasted for four hours. With the win, Nadal made it to the semifinals for the seventh time. Rafael Nadal, who has won 20 Grand Slams, is aiming to lift the trophy down under and break the three way tie between him, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
