Perth, December 30:

Indian sensation Sania Mirza is confident she has conquered injury problems that dogged her progress this year and is ready to climb up the rankings.

Mirza shook off her first singles loss since October, at the mixed teams Hopman Cup here on Saturday, saying she was pleased with her overall performance and was geared up for 2008. “On the whole, I feel pretty good,” the 21-year-old said.

“My main goal is to stay healthy because last year (2007) I missed three or four months and that is like taking half the season away,” she said.

Mirza suffered a range of injuries this year and had surgery on her right knee in March. Despite the setbacks, she notched wins over world number 16 Patty Schnyder and former world number one Martina Hingis as well as others, and reached the final at Stanford. She soared to a career-high ranking of 27 in August before finishing the season at 31.