Farah Khan "chills" with friend Sania Mirza after her emotional farewell match

Farah Khan shared a picture with her close friend and Indian tennis player Sania Mirza after bid an emotional adieu to the sport in her hometown of Hyderabad on Sunday at the venue where it all started for her as a 16yearoldTaking to Instagram stories Farah treated fans with a glimpse of afterfarewell party plansIn the picture Farah and Sania can be seen lying down on a bed in a relaxed manner while holding each others handsSharing the picture she wrote So this is what champions do after retirement chill in bed with their best friend saniaevent mirzasaniar lov uuuView this post on InstagramA post shared by Farah Khan Kunder farahkhankunderFarah and Sania are often seen together and keep on praising each other on social mediaAlso watchlsquoWe watch Bigg Boss in bedrsquo says Farah Khan Kunder of her bond with Sania MirzaAnother close friend of Sania actor Huma Qureshi also shared pictures with her from the farewell along with a sweet captionShe wrote To my friend who is an inspiration to a whole generation of young girls amp boys This is the beginning of another glorious chapter my mirzasaniar You bring your A game to every room that you walk in I love you and admire you deeply I first saw you live win Wimbledon in 2015 a dream come true and since then our friendship has only grown The only thing we fight over is our left profile while taking that selfie May we always discuss life love experiences fight over selfie angles and laugh out loudView this post on InstagramA post shared by Huma Qureshi iamhumaqMirza played her two exhibition tennis matches at the Bahadur Stadium where she made her WTA event debut back in 2003 She was playing as a wildcard entry at Hyderabad Open A year later she won the doubles title at the very same event with South Africas Liezel HuberIt was the first title of Sanias 44 WTA titles out of which 43 came in doubles competition and only one in singles She also clinched six grand slam titles and made four appearances at the summer Olympics in a decorated career that lasted for two decadesShe had earlier retired from professional tennis after Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this monthSania played two exhibition matches featuring Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna Indias 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup winning allrounder Yuvraj Singh and American tennis player Bethanie Mettek Sands her best friend and former doubles partner She emerged victorious in both of her matches to the joy and delight of an excited home crowdThe crowd featured plenty of youngsters and schoolchildren who were cheering for her The 36yearold Sania was accompanied by her son Izhaan Mirza Malik and turned emotional on witnessing their receptionThese are very very happy tears I could not have asked for a better sendoff Sania Mirza explainedProminent personalities like former Indian sports minister and current Law minister Kiren Rijiju former Indian cricket team skipper Mohammed Azharuddin Yuvraj Singh Bigg Boss 16 winner rapper MC Stan Mahesh Babu A R Rahman Dulquer Salmaan Huma Qureshi Diana Penty also attended Sania Mirzas farewell in HyderabadThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever