GRAND SLAM WOMAN
At 18, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam tournament when you are an indian and a girl is a big big achievement. But so strange is the world of women's tennis, that for some time now, it is being ruled by adolescents. For all her achievements, Maria Sharapova will turn 18 this year!!!
But that doesn't take anything away from Sania Mirza. She had been doing pretty well in the ITF circuit but it was high time that she did something big on the pro circuit. For the average viewer around the world she might be a wild card who was lucky enough to win a couple of matches, but to us in India, she is much more than that. She has given a huge fillip to womens tennis and to tennis (in general) in India. I am sure that for atleast a couple of more grand slams, ppl will be interested in not only knowing but also following her performance. What a couple of good showings can do for tennis is anybody's guess.
We might not have the best infrastructure in place but today, atleast, it is much better than ten years ago, when sport meant cricket and there was hardly anyone who was playing any other game. OK, tennis was still there but ever since Krishnan and Amritraj, there hardly has been any singles player of note. Women's tennis is a glamouros sport, if Sania does well, there'll be plenty of rewards for her!!!
And also, sporting achievements make a huge contribution to a nations prestige. Look at China, don't we feel envious seeing their medal kitty at the olympics. After all, Its only sporting feats that can give our collective ego a much needed boost...
Go Sania Go, Our best wishes are with you. The world is yours to conquer.
P.S. Indian diaspora in Australia (and living in melbourne), go and cheer for her... plz!!!
But that doesn't take anything away from Sania Mirza. She had been doing pretty well in the ITF circuit but it was high time that she did something big on the pro circuit. For the average viewer around the world she might be a wild card who was lucky enough to win a couple of matches, but to us in India, she is much more than that. She has given a huge fillip to womens tennis and to tennis (in general) in India. I am sure that for atleast a couple of more grand slams, ppl will be interested in not only knowing but also following her performance. What a couple of good showings can do for tennis is anybody's guess.
We might not have the best infrastructure in place but today, atleast, it is much better than ten years ago, when sport meant cricket and there was hardly anyone who was playing any other game. OK, tennis was still there but ever since Krishnan and Amritraj, there hardly has been any singles player of note. Women's tennis is a glamouros sport, if Sania does well, there'll be plenty of rewards for her!!!
And also, sporting achievements make a huge contribution to a nations prestige. Look at China, don't we feel envious seeing their medal kitty at the olympics. After all, Its only sporting feats that can give our collective ego a much needed boost...
Go Sania Go, Our best wishes are with you. The world is yours to conquer.
P.S. Indian diaspora in Australia (and living in melbourne), go and cheer for her... plz!!!
posted by Ankur Pruthi at Tuesday, January 18, 2005
3 Comments:
the most impressive part was her eight games win a row, being 2-0 down in the second set after losing the first set. amazing comeback. but you should also consider that the opponent was lower ranked than her.
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... But she did well in the second round match, a smooth straight set victory. She has set up a 3rd round clash with Serena Williams, wud be interesting!!!
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