Srinagar: Continuing her fairytale journey in her last Grand Slam of the glittering career, India’s Tennis star Sania Mirza alongwith her partner India’s Rohan Bopanna on Wednesday reached the final of the Australian Open mixed-doubles event.
The Indian pair beat the third-seeded pair of Great Britain’s Neal Skupski and USA’s Desirae Krawczyk 7-6, 6-7 (10-6) in the semi-final.
Earlier, the Indian pair reached the semi-finals after receiving a walkover in their quarter-final match against Latvian and Spanish pair of Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez. They had defeated the Uruguayan and Japanese pair of Ariel Behar and Makato Ninomiya 6-4, 7-6 (11-9) on Court 7 to make it into the last 8.
Sania has already announced that this would be her final Grand Slam. Having qualified for the semi-finals, the ace Indian tennis star would be dreaming to go all the way and add another Grand Slam title to her name.