A year of satisfaction: Sania

Looking back at the year which had seen seen her jump the rankings by many notches, tennis star Sania Mirza on Monday expressed satisfaction over her performance in the first full-fledged season on the WTA Tour which brought many firsts to her credit.

"It has been the best year for me," Sania told reporters at function to announce her as new brand ambassador of Hyundai Motors on Monday.

"The year has seen my rankings shoot up and it's a good thing to happen," said Sania, who became the first Indian woman to enter the fourth round of any Grand Slam said.

Sania, whose target was just to break into the top 50 rank at start of the year, reached as high as 31.

Sania, however refused to comment on the reported remarks of state sport minister M Sattyanarayana Rao who said that the teenager did need not any financial help from state.

Earlier, the 18-year old Hyderabadi was presented with a shiny red Hyundai Getz to mark her association with the Korean car maker.