Tennis star Sania Mirza bids farewell to Dubai courts: 'I will miss competing here'

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Recently retired Indian ace Sania Mirza said she would miss competing on the Dubai courts, where her career took off 18 years ago when as a wild card she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/i-will-miss-competing-on-these-beautiful-dubai-courts-sania-mirza-says-1.94039343  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #tennis #SaniaMirza

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00:00Dubai is very very special for me for many reasons, more so because it's actually my,

00:06it used to be home away from home, but it's actually my home now. I live here and my son

00:10goes to school here, so I couldn't have thought of a better place to finish this in front of you

00:14all, the journey that started 18-20 years ago. So thank you so much for always making me feel at

00:21home in Dubai, even when it wasn't my home. For me to stand here in front of my four-year-old son

00:27and to have said that I just played a Grand Slam final a month and a half ago or a month ago

00:31has been so so special. I never thought that would happen to me. So it's very emotional,

00:38but it's also I'm so looking forward to the next chapter of my life, to everybody on the tour and

00:43to, I'll really miss you all, but I'll miss my friends Madison, Bethany, I mean there's so many

00:48great memories I've made here on the tour. I'm not going away, but I will miss competing and

00:55walking out on these kind of beautiful courts to loud cheers and to wins and losses. So

01:01thank you all again for this very very special honor.

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