Sania Mirza acknowledges that tennis is and always will be an important part of her life, but she claims that by not viewing tennis as the ultimate goal of her life, she was able to play aggressively every time she on the court.

The player who is leaving the game, Sania, claims she never felt the dread of losing since it makes a player defensive.
The 36-year-old pulled off victories over some of the top women of her day, including Flavia Penneta, Martina Hingis, Nadia Petrova, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, who was the US Open winner at the time.

She lost her singles matches to Serena Williams and Venus Williams, two tennis greats, but she gave them a good battle when she went up against them.

In a press briefing, Sania said, "I truly didn't have the fear of losing, which is what made me that aggressive and that mindset."Tennis has always been and will always be a very, very huge and vital part of my life, but it is not my entire existence," the player said. And that's the approach I took, even when I was a young girl and an athlete. The worst case scenario is losing a tennis match, at which point you can try again.

"Consequently, there was no fear of failing. And I believe that a lot of individuals become defensive out of a fear of failing. They believe that if they push the ball or put it within the court, they might win. Yet, in the long term, that is ineffective for becoming a top athlete.

A dangerous playing style would prevent you from amassing as many victories as you would like as an athlete. Did Sania care about the losses since she was always expecting to lose?

"No, I was impacted. I may, however, try again the following week. Some losses more than others had an immediate impact on me. Yet, I've always understood that it's not the end of the world. It was merely a tennis match loss.

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