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The 36-year-old Sania, who is married to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, has been living in Dubai for more than a decade, and will look to bid adieu to the game at her home base.
”I was going to stop right after the WTA Finals, because we were going to make the WTA Finals, but I tore my tendon in my elbow right before US Open so I had to pull out of everything,” Sania told wtatennis.com. ”And honestly, the person that I am, I like to do things on my own terms. So I don’t want to be forced out by injury. So I’ve been training.” Sania, a six-time major champion — three in doubles and three in mixed doubles — has signed up to compete in this month’s Australian Open alongside Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina.
She has been suffering from a lingering calf problem but is hoping that the injury won’t hamper her farewell plans. ”The plan is to try and retire in Dubai during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships,” she said.
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