Former tennis ace Sania Mirza opened up about one of the most emotional moments of her life, sharing that she suffered a panic attack after her divorce from former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, and that her close friend and director-choreographer Farah Khan stood by her during that difficult moment.
The 38-year-old former tennis star shared the difficult moment in a candid and heartfelt chat on her newly launched YouTube talk show, Serving It Up With Sania, where Farah Khan appeared as her debut guest.
“I don’t want to mention it on camera, but there was a moment that was one of the lowest moments when you (Farah Khan) showed up on my set and I had to go on a live show after that,” Mirza said. “If you had not come there I was shivering. And if you would not have come there I wouldn’t have done that show. You told me, ‘No matter what, you are doing this show.’”
Farah Khan, recalling that day, said she was alarmed to see Sania Mirza in distress. “I got so scared. I had to shoot that day, but I just left everything and came there in my pyjamas and chappals,” she said, adding that she simply wanted to be by her friend’s side at that moment.
The conversation also saw the filmmaker applauding Sania Mirza for managing single parenthood with strength and grace. “For you to do it alone you have to work, raise your son, and give him time. It’s double the effort, and you’re doing it beautifully,” she said.
Sania Mirza married Shoaib Malik in April 2010, and the couple welcomed their son, Izhaan Mirza Malik, in 2018. In January 2024, her family confirmed the couple’s separation shortly after Malik announced his marriage to Pakistani actress Sana Javed. Younger sister, Anam Mirza, shared that Sania had separated months earlier and requested privacy for her during the sensitive period.
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