Sport Folio

What are you reading currently?
8226; I8217;ve just finished the latest Harry Potter, and am dying for the last one to be out; wondering what my favourite character Hermoine would be up to in it
Your favourite superstition?
8226; I have many. I have to have the same breakfast before playing any of my matches 8212; mashed potatoes, coleslaw, mushroom and yoghurt. Also, I need to start on the back-hand side of the court, or I get paranoid. I have also been wearing the same pair of socks for the last four years. Of course I keep washing them!
The one sportsperson you8217;d pay to watch?
8226; Roger Federer, because he stays so calm even under pressure. He never slackens and is always in position
Most embarassing moment?
8226; A few days back at Delhi airport, I just walked out to buy a magazine, and realised after two hours that I had paraded the length of the airport, carrying a big and embarrassing suitcase sticker on my back throughout!
If you weren8217;t a squash player, you8217;d have been8230;
8226; In showbiz, definitely. I am an extrovert

WTA Sunfeast Open, Kolkata
Starts 19 September Ten Sports, 7 pm.
Sania Mirza returns to play at home after a stupendous season at the Slams, though the law of averages brought about a blip at Bali. This is her first event in India after her title triumph at Hyderabad, and she8217;ll be up against Anastasia Myskina and the Uberoi sisters.

The Ashes hangover refuses to go, and who better to look into but Andrew Flintoff. Might not match Beefy Botham8217;s sensational disclosures of the autobiographical 8216;8216;Don8217;t tell Kath8217;8217;, but 8216;8216;Being Freddie8217; will give insights into the world8217;s most exciting cricketer, and the spectacular impact he has had on the game.