Indian professional tennis player Sania Mirza talks about the joy of travelling, her favourite travel companions, and Telangana
‘By Sania Mirza’ is part of the Booking Explorers Campaign by Booking.com that celebrates the spirit of travel through the lens of renowned adventurers, leaders and trailblazers across Asia Pacific. This campaign is built on the sentiment where travel remains fundamental to people’s lives, and to explore and experience our world is an innate human need.
Travel has always been an integral part of who I am. I’ve been a tennis player since I was six years old. Since the age of 12, I’ve travelled within and outside India for about 35 weeks a year – all over Europe, America and East Asia.
Travel was the best education that I got. Having played tennis almost full time since the age of 12, I wasn’t able to go to school. A lot of my education happened when I…