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CORRECTED - Tennis-India's Mirza to train with Federer coach

In NEW DELHI story headlined 'Tennis-India's Mirza to train
with Federer coach' please read in second para...during a
three-week stint...instead of...during a three-week stint next
month (removing incorrect reference to month)

A corrected repetition follows:

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 - India's Sania Mirza will train
with the coach of men's world number one Roger Federer in the
run up to the Australian Open, her father said on Wednesday.

The world number 32 will work with Australian Tony Roche
during a three-week stint, Imran Mirza told Reuters from the
southern city of Hyderabad.

"She is going to Australia on Dec. 5," he said. "He will be
working on serve and volley, that's what he is an expert at."

Roche, who trains Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Federer
on a limited basis, agreed to help Mirza after she was
recommended to him by former Indian Davis Cup player Jaideep
Mukherjea.

"We had been talking to him (Roche) for some time now but
getting dates was not easy," Imran Mirza said.

The 18-year-old previously benefited from stints under
Italy-based coach Bob Brett, and has travelled with John
Farrington of Bahamas since August.

Mirza became the first Indian to win a WTA Tour event with
victory in the Hyderabad Open in February.

She was the also the first Indian to break into the top 100
and reach the third round of a grand slam at Melbourne.

Mirza went one better at the U.S. Open in September where
she lost to top seed Maria Sharapova of Russia in the fourth
round.

Her season ended in disappointment when she was forced to
retire in the second round of last week's Thailand Open due to a
lower back problem.

"It was minor, she is okay now," her father said. "She is
done for the year and is enjoying a break. She is not even
touching the racket."

The Australian Open is the first grand slam of the season
and starts on Jan. 16.

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