Star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has pulled out of the upcoming US Open doubles event due to an injury that she had sustained two weeks back in Canada, a development which will lead to a change in her retirement plans. (More Tennis News)
The 35-ye🙈ar-old Sania said in an Instagram post that she had injured herself during the Canadian Open in Toronto thi▨s month and the scans showed a torn tendon.
"Hi guys, a quick update. I just have some not so great news. I hurt my forearm/elbow while playing in Canada two weeks ago and obviously didn't realise how bad it was until got my scans yesterday and unfo💛rtunately I have in fact torn a ꧋little bit of my tendon," Sania said in the Instagram post.
"I wi𝕴ll be out for weeks and have pulled out of the US Open," she wrote.
The US Open is scheduled to be held from August☂ 29 to September 11.
Sania, who had earlier expressed her intention to call it quits towards th♔e end of the 2022 season, said she will change her retirement plans.
"Tꦑhis isn't ideal and is terrible timing and it will change some of my retirement plans but I will keep you a🥃ll posted," she said.
After reaching the semifinals of the women's doubles event in Toronto with Madison Keys, Sania also played at last week's Cincinnati ꦚOpen.
Sania won🧔 the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles crown once each, besides winning one title each in the Austra🌄lian Open, French Open and US Open mixed doubles.
