Unlike many women tennis stars who share bitter relationship with their parents, Indian icon Sania Mirza [ Images ] enjoys the happiest of bonds with her father and mentor Imran.

The 20-year-old, who shot to fame because of her exploits in world tennis, flaunts the strong relationship with her father as a reason behind her success.

"My dad has always been the super coach. I mean, he has always been around since I was a kid and I think he understands me, obviously on a personal level. He is my father, we get along great, he's very easy going.

"That helps a lot because he is very relaxed after a match, before a match. He takes tennis only as a sport and I think that's important. He does not think that this is it. It is part of life. I think we both understand that's what makes the relationship work," she was quoted as saying by Australian newspaper The Age.

Sania, who is playing the Australian Open [ Images ] in Melbourne [ Images ], said she has no plans to hire a coach as everything is going fine for her at the moment.

"I always say 'never fix what's not broken'. When I have a bad patch, or if I do, then maybe we can work on getting a coach," she said.

Sania's drama-free relationship with her father is a rarity in women's elite tennis.

Jelena Dokic's [ Images ] troubles with her father are widely known while the likes of Mary Pierce [ Images ], Jennifer Capriati [ Images ] and the Williams sisters have had overbearing fathers.

The 22 Grand Slam-winning legend Steffi Graf [ Images ] had her father and first coach Peter jailed for income-tax evasion.

Sania said besides her family's backing, the support of tennis fans in India [ Images ] served as a huge inspiration to do well.

"It's a great feeling when people come up and say 'I picked up a tennis racquet because of you and because of what you've done'.

"You need a role model to look up to, I guess. When you look at someone doing it from your own country, from your own city, you start believing that you can do it too," she said.