WATCH: Farah Khan Shakes Leg On ‘Oo Antava’ With Saina Nehwal, Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan At Sania Mirza’s Farewell | Tennis Information

Prime Indian tennis star Sania Mirza bought a grand farewell at her hometown of Hyderabad on Sunday night. Sania’s shut associates Farah Khan, former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh and badminton star Saina Nehwal had been all current for the farewell bash on the venue the place Sania began enjoying tennis as a 16-year-old.

Farah Khan, actually, made Sania Mirza, Yuvraj, Irfan, and Saina groove to ‘Pushpa’ chartbuster track ‘Oo Antava’, and the video went viral on social media. Farah additionally posted an image as she chilled with Sania after her retirement.

Congratulations @MirzaSania for an incredible profession ______ pic.twitter.com/kPuE4MNtKo
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) March 5, 2023

Farah Khan shared an image together with her shut good friend and Indian tennis participant Sania Mirza after bid an emotional adieu to the game in her hometown of Hyderabad. Within the image, Farah and Sania may be seen mendacity down on a mattress in a relaxed method whereas holding one another’s fingers. Sharing the image, she wrote, “So that is what champions do after retirement.. chill in mattress with their finest good friend #saniaevent. @mirzasaniar lov uuu.”

Farah and Sania are sometimes seen collectively and carry on praising one another on social media. One other shut good friend of Sania, actor Huma Qureshi additionally shared photos together with her from the farewell together with a candy caption.

She wrote, “To my good friend who’s an inspiration to an entire era of younger women & boys … That is the start of one other superb chapter my @mirzasaniar You carry your A sport to each room that you simply stroll in … I like you and admire you deeply . I first noticed you reside win Wimbledon in 2015 (a dream come true) and since then our friendship has solely grown. The one factor we combat over is our left profile whereas taking that selfie. Could we at all times focus on life, love , experiences , combat over selfie angles and chortle out loud.”

Sania performed her two exhibition tennis matches on the Bahadur Stadium, the place she made her WTA occasion debut again in 2003. She was enjoying as a wild-card entry at Hyderabad Open. A 12 months later, she received the doubles title at the exact same occasion with South Africa’s Liezel Huber.

It was the primary title of Sania’s 44 WTA titles, out of which 43 got here in doubles competitors and just one in singles. She additionally clinched six grand slam titles and made 4 appearances on the summer time Olympics in a embellished profession that lasted for 20 years.

She had earlier retired from skilled tennis after Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this month. Sania performed two exhibition matches, that includes Indian tennis participant Rohan Bopanna, Yuvraj Singh and American tennis participant Bethanie Mettek Sands – her ‘finest good friend’ and former doubles companion.

She emerged victorious in each of her matches to the enjoyment and delight of an excited residence crowd.The group featured loads of children and schoolchildren, who had been cheering for her. The 36-year-old Sania was accompanied by her son Izhaan Mirza Malik and turned emotional on witnessing their reception.

“These are very, very pleased tears. I couldn’t have requested for a greater send-off,” Sania Mirza defined.

Distinguished personalities like former Indian sports activities minister and present Regulation minister Kiren Rijiju, former Indian cricket crew skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, Yuvraj Singh, Bigg Boss 16 winner- rapper MC Stan, Mahesh Babu, A R Rahman, Dulquer Salmaan, Huma Qureshi, Diana Penty, additionally attended Sania Mirza’s farewell in Hyderabad.