Sania Mirza

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I'm constantly on the comeback trail.

Not many people know, but my joints are extremely hypermobile, and that's why I'm more prone to injuries. That's why most of my major injuries were with the joints. I had a career-threatening wrist injury where picking up a fork to feed myself was a problem, and the thought of playing tennis again was so far from my mind.

You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them.

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

Tennis is a funny game, and it takes a life-time of keeping one's eyes open on the circuit to have any chance of understanding the strange phenomena that exist in our exciting sport!

I haven't thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.

I'm not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.

I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.