1. Indian tennis – The Dirty Picture

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    The outrage expressed in Sania Mirza’s open letter (Read entire letter here) was exactly my reaction when she was `offered’ as partner to Leander Paes if he agreed to `accept’ Vishnu Vardhan. I remember telling a friend then that the All-India Tennis Association (AITA) is attempting to be a benevolent...
  2. Let the Games begin? But in India, they already did

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    The serve was faulty. The volleys were worse. Return of serve was pathetic. And in the end, it was not Advantage India. In fact, Indian tennis has lost the match much before the Queen says `Let the Games begin’. In fact, the games in India began a good seven weeks...
  3. Double Fault. And no love-all

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    “We never realised the depth of the bitterness,” admits S P Misra, who was among the six selectors who chose Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi to represent India in the men’s doubles tennis at the London Olympics. “We did not realise the gravity of the dispute because in the past...
  4. Mahesh Bhupathi `skypes’ with Lara & daughter

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    This one is a first. Tennis player got to see his newborn daughter from Melbourne, where he is playing the Australian Open, via skype. He tweeted : “just spoke to @DuttaLara and baby on Skype. they got to watch the match on TV in the hospital.” According to Raveena Tandon, the baby...
  5. Advantage S P Misra

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    Shiv Prakash Misra, the non-playing captain of the Indian Davis Cup has been one of the pillars of the Indian Davis Cup campaigns over the years. From Ramanathan Krishnan to Rohan Bopanna, S P Misra has seen them all and been part of several victories for India in the Davis...

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