Hi people! in my country that is India, there is a rising tennis start named Sania Mirza who has just got her ranking under 100 (at 99.). Sure she is good and deserves a pat on her back. But the question is the quanta of hype that surrounds her worth? If u look at it objectively (read a little critically) she wasn’t even able to reach the Australian open finals (Australian open was when all this hype started). Day before yesterday she did win hydrabad open, though I won't comment on the quality of players in that tournament. She till now hasn't won a single grand slam, so like what is it that so great about her, is India short of pinup girls, in a country where bollywood resides. No i am not another fan of Sharapova but she is a year younger (17), has got slams to her credit and much more... then there was Martina Hingis who too was young..., i am emphasizing on young coz that is what everyone is saying that she is just 18 and has done so much. And if the media wants to write about indians only (i am talking of my country only)
then why not fill their pages about "narayan karthikeyan" the only indian who will ever get behind an F1 car in an F1 race(this season for jordon), so buddy think about it and comment, wating for your opinions.
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I see you found the pimpliest photograph of Sania Mirza to reinforce your point!!
Well, think about it man, she's the youngest Indian to reach such heights in tennis. I don't think it's fair to compare her to the likes of Sharapova and Hingis, who happen to come from countries like Russia and Switzerland, where there is better infrastructure, better training facilities and coaches, and better competition. And more importantly, tennis in these countries is not overshadowed by cricket!! She's young, give her time...she just might have what it takes to be a Sharapova or Hingis!!
But yes, I completely agree with you on the fact that Karthikeyan hasn't got his share of the limelight, being an F1 fanatic myself! I guess part of the reason is that he isn't represeting India over there. Neither is Mirza, but one does tend to associate tennis players more with their countries than F1 drivers to their's. Let's just root for him and hope he finishes all races!!
More later! Packin to leave for Pune tomorrow.
Hope your eye is feelin better now...I'm actually quite mad at you for not letting me know about it...anyways...wish you a speedy recovery. And take care. Good work on the blog and the website! Keep it up!
i see your point, and lets hope that Karthikeyan finishes within points, btw that also gives me the idea to blog my next entry on F1, probably abt the lack of competetion or something.
You have to put it in perspective. Even if Karthikeyan wins a F1 race, we could always say that Schumacher was miles away from him at the same stage in his career. My point was that in a country where sporting tradition is limited to cricket, you need some success stories (relative to previous performances by INDIANS) to spur on more talent and get more people to play.
hey parth!
all i want to say is that u should think about the period of time for which tennis is available and f1 is not even present in our country.
Gosh man you are good.... check out this link to.... its really good,
http://asiatennis.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html
sania is getting all the attention for her looks only, I used to play tennis too in hyderabad and i remember sania losing to so many girls in her age group. If she was talented she would have defeated them at that level too.
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