Sania aims to be in Top 15 in 2006

Jaipur, October 20, 2005:Indian tennis star Sania Mirza says she now aims to get into the Top 15 ranking in her sport.

Sania, here to shoot an advertisement for automobile major Hyundai, said her main target for 2006 would to register an entry into the club of top 15 tennis players.

Speaking to reporters here late Wednesday, Sania said she had concrete plans to achieve this target and was working hard at it. "I always fix my targets," said Sania, who was recently appointed by Hyundai as the brand ambassador for its Getz car.

"Earlier it was top 100, then top 50 and now it is top 15," said Sania, who is currently ranked 32.

She said she was working hard to improve her service and was equally concerned over her fitness. She said the injury that forced her to concede a second round match in the Thailand Open was not serious and she was absolutely fit now.

Though Hyundai kept Sania's schedule here secret, news of her arrival spread like wild fire and by Wednesday evening, many of her fans and admirers thronged the Jaipur Club premises, where the advertisement was being shot.

Cameras rolled the entire day, capturing the different moods and gestures of Sania who was dressed in a blue and white tunic. Sania's mother Nasima accompanied the tennis star to Jaipur, where she is likely to stay till Friday.