Hyderabad, Jan. 14 -- Tennis star Sania Mirza has officially announced that the 2023Australian Open tennis championship will be her last Grand Slam event. She willplay only one more tournament, namely the Dubai Open in February 2023 before leaving tennis completely.

When she retires, an era will come to an end.She was by far the most successful woman tennis player that India ever had. Before she entered the scene, not even the most tennis-mad fan in India could have imagined that one day an Indian woman player will win a Grand Slam. But she changedthe very outlook of all Indians and gave us something to be proud of.

In her announcement, Sania stated: "Thirty years ago when I was a six-year-old schoolgirl studyingin Nasr School, I first ...