The sorrows of young Sania

It's a difficult time for the Indian world no.31 Sania Mirza as she may have to go to prison. As Sania says, she’s a superstar within India, and not necessarily out of it, but the size of her celebrity as that nation’s most significant female athlete has grown out of proportion, so much so that private citizen filed a formal complaint against her after viewing a photograph taken at the Hopman Cup in Perth, where she is sitting barefoot near India’s national flag. Sania may be even sentenced for three years in jail for bringing shame on her country.
"I think a lot of thoughts went through my head in the last couple of weeks," Mirza said. "One of the thoughts was that, but I wouldn't say it was serious enough that I am going to quit right now."
Since winning her maiden Sony Ericsson WTA-Tour Title in Hyderabad in 2006 Mirza's been in the spotlight of asian media. Her every move is comentated by the indian press. Sania has been very much criticized for the way she dresses on the tennis-court. Her short skirts have been in the center of attention for the most of her short career.
With such an great media intrest it is very difficult for the young woman to keep being fully concentrated on her tennis. She admits being distracted by the fuss around her person.
"It's not easy to deal with things like that off the court," she said. “Obviously there are some misunderstandings happening. I am not super-human, so it does affect me a little bit. I am not a politician here, to outsmart people and try to fight. That's not what I am trying to do – I am trying to play tennis, I am 21, and I am trying to do the best I can.”
Let's keep our fingers crossed for Sania, that she'll make it through those difficult times and can finally play up to her high potential.

~jachal