COVID-19: Don’t know when my son will be able to see his father again says, Sania Mirza

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: May 16, 2020 12:32 PM2020-05-16T12:32:33+5:302020-05-16T12:32:33+5:30

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There is no denying the fact that the coronavirus has wrecked havoc across the globe and most of the countries are under strict lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The wrath of the virus such that even celebs are facing the brunt.

A classic case is Sania Mirza and her husband and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik who are are locked down in two different countries amid the coronavirus pandemic

While Sania is in Hyderabad with their son Izhaan Mirza-Malik and her parents, Shoaib is with her mother in Pakistan. Sania was travelling non-stop for tournaments as she escaped the virus and returned home to her son in Hyderabad just before the lockdown was imposed in India.

Shoaib, on the other hand, was competing in the Pakistan Super League when Pakistan went under a similar lockdown and got stuck there.Sania expressed that in a situation like that, it was very difficult to handle a 1-year-old like Izhaan

(Shoaib) got stuck in Pakistan, I got stuck here. That was very difficult to deal with because we have a small child. We don't know when Izhaan will be able to see his father again. It's as basic as that," Sania said to The Indian Express on Facebook Live.

However, she also said that it was a good thing that Shoaib was with his old mother in these times and all she wanted was for all of them to come out of this healthy.

Sania said video calls were no substitute for meeting in person and all that occupied her mind right now was when she could have her family back together again so we have left it to fate said the ace tennis player from India.

Sania shared the struggles of dealing with the emotions of taking care of a toddler in these times and worrying about ensuring he stays safe.

"I don't have anxiety problems but a couple of nights ago, I was having anxiety out of nothing. I was lying in bed and thinking of things because there's so much uncertainty. "Having a toddler in the house, you don't know how to protect yourself, how to protect your child, you have parents who are older. So, you are not really thinking about work or tennis," she said.

Sania felt the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tennis when she was playing the Fed Cup in the first week of March in Dubai. “One day we would have ball boys, the next day we wouldn’t, because of the virus, and it was not hygienic. When we had ball kids, they were not allowed to give us a towel or do certain things.