Sania Mirza sacrifices biryani and coffee shop visits for tennis

15 September, 2005

Concentrating on her fitness, Sania Mirza has decided to give up eating her favourite food biryani, a speciality rice item, traditionally made in her home town Hyderabad. She has also decided to stop eating sweets especially during matches. "She has reached a different level; it is not the juniors anymore. She knows that. She is very careful what she eats now", said Anirban Das Blah, VP of GloboSport, the company that manages Sania Mirza.

Security concerns have made Sania Mirza also give up her visits to her favourite coffee shop Barista. "She has a bodyguard now at all times wherever she goes out", Blah said. "Everything she does is very controlled and monitored, unless she is with friends. She doesn't go to Barista, for example, the way she used to".