The background
India’s most successful women’s tennis player, Sania Mirza, was on a maternity leave and is ready to make her comeback to the court. The former doubles world no.1 had reached the semifinals of the mixed doubles tournament at Rio Olympics 2016 with Rohan Bopanna. Though they had played good tennis in the first half of the tourney, the duo could not secure a medal for the country.
The heart of the matter
With an aim of making a glorious return to the court, Mirza had initially picked Rajeev Ram as her mixed doubles partner for Australian Open 2020. Bopanna talked to New Indian Express on Saturday (11th January) where he disclosed that he will be teaming up with Sania because her partner has pulled out of the tournament. The 39-year-old said:
As per reports, the two Indian tennis superstars had taken this decision four days ago.
What’s next?
India’s chances of having a winner at Australian Open 2020 are very high now that Bopanna has joined hands with Mirza. Besides this, the 39-year-old will also take part in the men’s doubles tourney where he will team up with Japan’s Yasutaka Uchiyama.
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