Sania Mirza along with her son Izhaan© Twitter
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna reached the Combined Doubles last on the Australian Open 2023 after defeating Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 10-6 within the semifinals. It will likely be an enormous event for Mirza when the duo takes on L Stefani and R Matos of Brazil within the summit conflict as this would be the final Grand Slam look for the Indian tennis participant. The semifinal victory was made further particular for Mirza as her four-year-old son Izhaan Malik got here operating in direction of her to hug her after the match. Mirza took him in her arms and kissed him.
Healthful content material alert 👶@MirzaSania‘s son, Izhaan, ran out on court docket to have a good time her reaching the #AusOpen blended doubles last 🥰#AO2023 pic.twitter.com/VLiHGSRgiN
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2023
Bopanna additionally shared an identical second along with his daughter as she additionally got here operating into the court docket after the victory. He was Mirza’s first ever blended doubles accomplice and it will likely be becoming that he’ll seem within the last alongside her earlier than Mirza performs her last event in Dubai.
“It was a tremendous match, there was a whole lot of nerves. It is my final slam and it is so particular to play with Rohan. He was my first blended doubles accomplice once I was 14 and right this moment I am 36 and he’s 42 and we’re nonetheless taking part in, we have now a stable relationship,” Sania mentioned after the match.
They rolled into the semi-finals of the continued Australian Open 2023 blended doubles occasion after the duo was handed a walkover of their quarters conflict at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Mirza and Bopanna had been slated to face Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez of Spain of their final-eight conflict however superior after their opponents determined to withdraw.
(With PTI inputs)
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