Sania Mirza launched SMTA Grassroot Level Acedemy for kids in Hyderabad

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 the 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 practise. 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 8 or 9 years old, it’s already too late. You have to start when you are three or four-year-old,” Sania explained.