"So I obviously had to try to do whatever I could to try to get on the court. Mirza won her first Grand Slam in mixed doubles at the Australian Open in 2009 and also bagged the women's doubles in 2016. She had already pulled out of the Australian Open mixed doubles, where she was to partner compatriot Rohan Bopanna . "As a tennis player you want to compete, it is the Grand Slam. "Sometimes the timing is really not ideal, it's tough that it happened in a Grand Slam, or just before a Grand Slam."

Source: Economic Times January 23, 2020 18:00 UTC