25-year-old Indian, whose tennis world ranking has risen again to 27 items singles, endured torrid time with injuries that left her unable to hold cutlery properly not to mention the rocket.
Hailing from Hyderabad, who married the former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik and currently based in Dubai, says that hyper-mobility in the joints is both a blessing and a curse in her career.
"Not many people know, but my joints are hypermobile and that is why I am more prone to injury," Mirza told Reuters in an interview. "That's why most of my major injuries were of the joints.
"I had a career-threatening wrist injury, where the fork lift to give yourself the problem and thought playing tennis again, he was so far from my mind.
"It's hard to go back to normal when you had three operations before you are 25".
Now back on the road to full fitness, Mirza reached the semi-final Australian Open mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi and during the joint state court to keep it for a long time, it also helped her play on the pitch.
"Due to the relaxation of the wrist is how to generate power forehand. So it is, but its positives and negatives. It's just great to be back playing again, and winning is a bonus."
Being famous PRICE
In a country where cricket is king, Mirza took tennis to new levels in India and had to get used to living life in the public eye, where every little detail of her life on the front pages of newspapers.
"We are a billion people in India and being famous has its price," she reflects.
"Good price is so many people I respect, are praying for you, I love you and what you did for the country.
"On the other hand, people have opinions about everything, every critic, everyone knows you better than tennis.
"You kind of just have to live with it."
Mirza thought about leaving the game in 2008 after accusations of showing disrespect to Indian flag at the Hopman Cup and was met with criticism from religious groups to play normal tennis attire.
Her relationship with the media has been a rocky one.
"I was one of the few people who lived in the public eye since I was 15 years old. At the beginning of just talking about tennis, then began to talk about everything else.
"It takes time to get used to that it was 10 years old, I'm 25 and I'm still getting used to some things.
"I can not lie when people say something bad or negative it hurts, but you have to try to block it. That is why each of us in the public eye try not to read as many newspapers."
When fit, Mirza is one of the best doubles players in the game and hopes to restore Olympic medal this year.
"Trying to get a medal is a priority, but only representing India is very special for me," she said, adding that India Tennis Association to decide whether it works Bhupathi, Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in London.
"I did well all three so we'll see. Seven months is a long time in the life of tennis so we'll see who is healthy and who is not and go from there."
