"She has the ability to move into the top ten", Amritraj said,adding, her mental attitude, no holds barred play and effective forehand makeher a winner.
Ranked 30 in the world, Sania knocked out world number 12 Martina Hingis in asecond round match at the East West Bank Classic WTA event on Tuesday. The20-year-old has beaten five top-20 players in the past two weeks.
Amritraj said Sania should focus more on winning major tournaments thanthinking about her ranking.
"I have never paid too much attention on ranking", he toldreporters in Bangalore.
Amritraj said Sania's performance last year could have been affected a bitbecause of expectations from fans.
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"People don't expect you to win at 18. But when you are 19, all of asudden people expect. She came back strongly in the third year becauseexpectation levels are a little bit less", he said.
Amritraj said Sania should take care of herself and ensure she did not pickup injuries.
"Doubles is what has given her the ability to play well in singles aswell. Even if you lose some times first round in singles, then you win thedoubles...It gives you a great amount of confidence and match play. So, you endup being better in singles along the way.
"So, I think, it's been great for us (playing both singles and doubles).But you have to blend that....Taking sometime off...Making sure that the body isrecovering. Because, physically, you are abusing your body every day.
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"If she continues to be physically strong, she will do a lot of damage(go up further)," Amritraj said.
According to him, Sania was a tremendous role model for the younger players."Sania is proving it (excelling at the top level) can be done".
PTI
