Sania Mirza, one of the most popular athletes in India has announced her retirement. This star tennis player of India is set to retire this year. Australia Open 2023 will be her last Grand Slam. This will certainly lead to the end of a magnanimous era in Indian tennis history. Sania is one of the world-famous sportswomen for her unparalleled success in tennis. She is the six-time major champion; three in doubles and three in mixed doubles. This is by no means any ordinary achievement. Only those with great willpower and enthusiasm achieve such feats.
Sania wrote an emotional letter about her long career in tennis. She also shared some inspiring words while becoming emotional before her fans and supporters.
In her own words, she has been fighting since she was merely six years old. She fought valiantly to realise her dreams. Thus she became an inspiration for those who dare to see great dreams and then fight to realise them.
Sania has done a lot for her country. She has proved her love for the country through her hard work. She thinks that the medals she won for her country were her biggest honour.
After thirty years of tennis career and remaining a professional athlete for almost twenty years, she has now decided to “move on” to put it in her own words. She said that the greatest memory that she will carry with her is the pride and happiness she witnessed on the faces of her countrymen and supporters due to her success. She has now decided to take another important assignment for her and that is motherhood. She wants to give more time to her son now. She knows that life means constant struggle. Here we leave one career only to take up another, more suitable and more challenging. Thus Sania is, no doubt, an inspiration for those who have the real will to live. Everyone is not going to become a tennis player like her. The main point in our life is where we discover our main potential and the main area of our interest. After the discovery, we have to be ready to fight a long battle to achieve what we desire. Whatever field in our lives we choose, we have to bear in our mind that only hard work is the key to success for us. Those who know how to work hard smartly on what kicks their heart certainly are counted among the succeeded in the future. That is what these inspirational stories teach us.

—Hilal Bukhari is a teacher at GHS Kralweth

Hilal Bukhari