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Six-time Grand Slam victor Sania Mirza was not shy of inspiration as she cleared out for Montreal, where she will play the Rogers Cup before traveling to Rio. 

"Speaking to the nation in the Olympics is an immense honor which numerous competitors just long for. The pride of playing for your nation makes everything else look optional," she said. 

The champion, set to play in her third Olympics, said that the Rio version would be another real test in her vocation and that she "would mean to return with an award if everything fell set up." 

The 29-year-old, who will play blended duplicates with Rohan Bopanna and ladies' pairs with her student Prarthana Thombare, said that one couldn't go to the Olympics with assumptions. 

"You can't have an altered outlook when you enter any real occasion. 

"You must be prepared to confront any given circumstance on the court and not rely on what happened in the past or what is going to happen," she clarified. 

"Winning and losing is basic for any competitor. I will go out there and give my best as I have done throughout the years," said the World No.1 in ladies' pairs. 

Polished methodology to the fore 

On the likelihood of running into normal accomplice Martina Hingis, the star tennis player said that once on court there was no space for estimation. 

"For, there is no space given regardless of the possibility that you are up against the best of your companions at the most elevated amount. It is demonstrable skill that goes to the fore," she said. 

"Anything can happen on a given day, if you can put forth a strong effort and I am truly satisfied with the recently discovered certainty of Prarthana, who is a result of my foundation. 

It is incredible that the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy is handling two Olympians," she said with a feeling of pride. 

Sania said the likelihood of an Indian award was more practical in blended copies. She was acquainted with Bopanna's diversion and having played together, the two were equipped for pulling off amazements in an intense, focused field. 

"Critically, the temperament is peppy this time around for Rio, dissimilar to previously. Give us a chance to perceive how things shape up there," she said. 

Gotten some information about the weight of desires, Sania said: "This is just the same old thing new. 

"Each time I enter the court, there are numerous who need me to win; it is not generally conceivable. 

"In any case, as it were, I feel it is a benefit to have that sort of adoration and love from a great many fans, loved ones individuals. 

"How about we seek after the best and an Olympic award ought to finish the arrangement of accomplishments by me at the most elevated amount."