World-ranked tennis player Sania Mirza says she will stop appearing in tennis competitions in her native country of India to avoid controversy. The 21-year-old tennis player has been at the center of several disputes involving her dress and disrespecting India's national flag.
Ranked #29 in the world, Mirza recently revealed she had come close to quitting the game after she was accused of disrespecting India's flag during a tournament last month. She was pictured sitting with her feet resting on a table next to an Indian flag. Although Mirza said the pose was accidental, a private citizen filed a complaint with a court in the central Indian city of Bhopal under the Prevention of Insult to the National Honor Act.
Police in her hometown of Hyderabad have also registered a case against her for criminal trespass as a result of an advertisement filmed near a mosque. Mirza has also angered sections of India's Muslims because of her "indecent" choice of dress-- wearing shorts and sleeveless t-shirts while competing on court.
According to the tennis star, "Every time I have played in India there has been some kind of problem. It is not easy to be dealing with stuff like that. I felt great lows in the last few weeks."
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