After a season that saw more highs than lows, Sania Mirza has set herself an ambitious target. In her sixth year on the WTA senior circuit the Indian poster girl, who is currently ranked 32, wants to crack the top-20. Sania Mirza, who parted ways with South African trainer Heath Mathew ahead of the US hard court season, said that she was zeroing in on a few names as a permanent travelling coach. "My game will not be affected with the frequent change of coaches. As of now, I have not decided about filling the vacancy. I have a few names in mind. I will disclose them at the right time." The 2007 season, punctuated by frequent injuries, was bittersweet for Sania. She breached the top-30 for the first time with successful runs on the US hard-court circuit and cut short her season after re occurrence of her injuries. The 20-year-old will start her 2008 campaign at the Hopman Cup in Perth where she and Rohan Bopanna have a direct entry for their good show this year. Sania said doing well at the mixed doubles challenge in January is her immediate goal. Four doubles titles came her way this season with victories at Morocco with Vania King of the US, Cincinnati with Bethanie Mattek of the US, Stanford with Shahar Peer of Israel and New Haven with Mara Santangelo of Spain. Sania, who ended the year with a 32-11 record in doubles, however says singles is her priority. Sania reached her only singles final of 2007 at Stanford in July. She had some notable wins over Martina Hingis, Dinara Safina and Patty Schnyder. Her best Grand Slam result for the year was a third round spot at the US Open in August - eventually losing to good friend and on court nemesis Anna Chakvetadze.
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