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Now it is simply called invitational

While Krishnan was No. 6 among amateurs in 1961 in combined ranking of professionals and amateurs he was No. 17. https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1962-03_9_10/page/50/mode/2up By and large he was a top 10 player from 1959-62 and some had him in the top 10 in 1965 also. https://en.w...

Since you are including veteran's doubles you should include Vijay who I think won 3, 1 with Anand. 1989- Wimbledon over 35 with Anand 1998- US Open over 45 with Jose Higueras 1999- Australian Open over 45 with ?? Also runner up in 1996- US Open over 35 with Tim Wilkinson 2000- Wimbledon over 45 wit...

atula wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:04 am I can't tell About Rankings, but I know One Instance, where in Fame & Money was Achieved Overnight..Anyone for the guess.??.& that person was ranked outside 100 & he was an Indian..//

Leander at the Olympics

More than once

I didn't realise Leander was in the top 100 only for 36 weeks. Always thought it was more.

There have been great days when our heroes defeated people. But, I can't remember back to back three top-65 wins. When was the last time? Well, in *modern* and *human* history, of course. Last time was way back in Indian Wells 2011 by Somdev- Mannarino, Baghdatis and Malisse before going down to Na...

Is it better to use a 16x19 racket or an 18x20 racket? Any recommendations for either of these? I use a Babolat Pure Strike 18x20 racket. While I love it I find it a little heavy.

The selectors have named young stars Anmol Khrab, Ashmita Chaliha, and Tanvi Sharma who were part of the gold medal-winning team at the Badminton Asia Team Championships this year. Excited to see Anmol and Tanvi, would have liked to see Unnati as well. Yes but we don't have a good doubles pair. SO ...

In the meantime SatChi have withdrawn from the Asian Championship. Apparently Satwik has a shoulder injury. Hope it is not serious. WOuld like to see them do well in the Thomas Cup and Olympics.

India fields a super strong team for the Thomas Cup and a 2nd string team for Uber Cup with Sindhu and both the doubles pairs not going.

Mirabai has qualified for the Olympics
https://thebridge.in/amp/paris-2024/mir ... pics-46718

Thankfully Iranians do not play tennis nowadays

I think GayaTree need to take a step back and see what is going wrong with them. It would be a shame if they struggle like this. Not sure if Matthias Boe coaches them.

The ISL is not adding any value. We need a serious re-think whether to continue with it