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. Sania Mirza speaks her mind

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    I feel absolutely thrilled and emotionally overwhelmed to have qualified to represent India at the Olympics in London. I am extremely grateful to the International Tennis Federation for the faith they have reposed in me by giving me a wild card entry that gives me a cherished opportunity to represent...
  3. 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...
  4. On the 64 squares, 24×7

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    One of the regrets we have is that our daughter Tejaswini quit training in chess. She had joined well-known chess coach and International Master Lanka Ravi’s academy in Secunderabad when she was just about six years old but a few tournaments later, we realised that it takes a lot to...
  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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