Hyderabad,Tennis star Sania Mirza is leaving for the US Thursday for a seven-week North American hard court leg that will culminate with the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year.
Sania hopes to gain valuable experience from playing these tournaments and improve her WTA (Women's Tennis Association) ranking from the present 70th.
Sania's new travelling coach, John Farrington, who is also the Bahamas' Davis Cup captain, will accompany her on the entire trip. Sania's North American schedule (all hard court tournaments):
July 18: $170,000 Cincinnati Open. July 25: $585,000 Bank of West Classic, Stanford.
Aug 1: $1.3 million Acura Classic, San Diego. Aug 8: $585,000 JP Morgan Chase Open, Los Angeles.
Aug 15: $1.3 million Rogers Cup, Toronto. Aug 29: US Open, New York. Indo-Asian News Service
Thursday, July 14, 2005
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