she says very little ask her too many questions and she looks at her mother as if asking to be rescued from the volley of questions but when it comes to tennis she has powerful returns for the fiercest of serves yana dhamija a 12yearold left her hometown gurgaon on sunday to participate in the ongoing u12 tennis nationals in mumbai in the all india tennis association aita rankings she is ranked no 3 in india and no 1 in haryana and will be trying to improve her ranking by winning the tourney vivek yanas father is a businessman who wanted to be a tennis player but couldnt because of financial constraints so much like 3 idiots mera beta engineer banega moment vivek had decided that if his daughter were to pursue any sport it would be tennis when she was three vivek started looking for academies for her says kavita the little champs motheryana trains twice a day first at huda lawn tennis sector15 gurgaon and then at siri fort sports complex in delhi it matters a lot what kind of people youre with though she is very popular in the delhi tennis circuit yanas tennis journey began in gurgaon there is so much more exposure to the game in the city there are so many new academies that are coming up here says kavitakavita yanas mother a resident of sector 27 adds there are budding players here who have immense potential in them her school matrikiran in manesar helps her a lot and they allow her to concentrate on the game without stressing over the academics too muchask yana if she misses going to school regularly and she replies in utter surprise woh toh regular bachche hain jo har roz school jaate hain woh kya extraordinary kar rahe hain moreover i dont like books i study only during examinationswhen she is not playing tennis she likes to play basketball with her younger brother mahtv go for a swim or watch cartoons on tv tennis is very close to my heart it has taught me discipline determination and punctuality says the 12yearoldyanas favourite grand slam is wimbledon and winning that for the country is one of her most cherished dreams novak djokovics story inspires me the most he comes from a country where there are lot of conflicts and yet he focused on his game to become the worlds best i also like serena williams among the indians i adore sania mirza and yuki bhambri yuki plays in our academy in delhi but by the time i reach the academy he is about to leave and so i never get to meet him she says regretfullydepending on the sponsorship they get yanas gurgaonbased parents are planning to send her either to germany or to spain to train after the nationals