Sania Mirza Launches Tennis Academy For Kids  

Hyderabad: Tennis star Sania Mirza on Monday launched SMTA Grassroot Level Academy, a project of her mother, for kids aged between three and eight.

It is second such project for Sania after the launch of Sania Mirza Tennis Academy (SMTA) in 2013.

"As a tennis player I had a lot of difficulties coming up to know what to do and where to go as a child and knowing how much to practice. Our goal as a family has always been to try and help in whatever way is possible and that's what we have tried to do whether it's with Sania Mirza Tennis Academy,” Sania said

"It (SMTA Grassroot Level Academy) is actually my mother and her friend's idea and obviously we support it. This is for the grassroot level of kids because in tennis today, it is too competitive to start when you are eight or nine years old, it's already too late. You have to start when you are three or four-year-old," Sania explained.

"The Mirza family has always tried to pass on whatever experience we had in tennis. It is right next to my house and I will obviously give some time as well," Sania added.

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