New Delhi: India’s star tennis star Sania Mirza’s beautiful dream of winning her last Grand Slam was finally dashed by the pair of Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos. Yes, just before now, 36-year-old Sania and 42-year-old Rohan Bopanna had to face defeat in the mixed doubles final of the Australia Open against Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos.
On the other hand, the pair of Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos has been successful in winning a Grand Slam for the first time while making their debut. A while back, Sania-Bopanna lost the first set 6-7 in a tiebreak. Sania-Bopanna fought back after initially trailing in a brilliant set that lasted 54 minutes but eventually lost in the tiebreak.
Here in the second set too, this brilliant Brazilian pair did not give them any chance to come back and won the set 6-2. While on one hand, the Indian pair lost the first set after winning. At the same time, its pressure was clearly visible in the second set as Sania and Rohan lost the second set 2-6.
Be aware that Sania-Bopanna won the mixed doubles title of the French Open in the year 2017, 6 years ago. While talking about this tournament, in the Australian Open, Mirza became its champion in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi.
