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The desire to get players from outside the country but of Indian parentage, to play for India is flawed. Let's focus at home I think most of the forum members fall into similar state as Rajeev Ram - Indians based abroad. Indians living in India are a minority in our forum these days :p IMO Rajeev t...

Sameer - I think some statements from your side might be inaccurate 1. There are ton of players who specialize in doubles early. I don't follow tennis much outside of India and Switzerland but to bane a few with Indian connection: Luisa Stefani (Sanjay Singh sir), Julian Cash (Arjun Kadhe) and Joe S...

I come from a middle class family and I wasn’t able to afford tennis. Dad thought that there’s free coaching, free degree, so why not take this opportunity. I’ve always wanted to play professional tennis despite going to college. So I thought even after college the whole point of going to college w...

These pay checks are crazy amounts. It looks like in 1-year, Anirban can cover his lifetime earnings at this rate. Even if tour shuts down after an year, he would have earned enough - play on the Asian Tour for a couple of years of cooling off period before getting re-admitted back on the main tour ...

Jay - this is for you. https://www.timesnownews.com/india/clear-signal-to-give-them-an-edge-former-envoy-to-pak-on-us-move-to-provide-450-mn-equipment-to-sustain-pakistans-f-16-fleet-article-94074222 The Joe Biden administration's decision to approve $450 million in equipment for Pakistan's F-16 fig...

Jay: Bops is actually close to top-10 caliber in ATP Doubles now. You can reference ATP Live rankings for that. He has got his level back up this year. This is the best I have seen him play from the 3-4 yrs that I am watching Indian Tennis this close.

In R2, match will be against Lucie Havlickova! I remember the highlights of her 60 60 win against Riya Bhatia as a 15 yr old. I expect Ankita to be too strong for Lucie but highlights of Lucie vs Riya in case anyone is interested:

Sandeep is ok, just moved onto the next phase of life I think for the past few years - business, family and so on. I think for most of us - we tend of have phases where we have free time and tend to be super active. Then somewhere down the line, life takes over to move to the next phase and one neve...

And I was woefully wrong

Omkara wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:46 am Yes this thread won't last long, but these are the best wins for the year. I mean, Miami used to be the fifth slam. And we have two Indians in the qf.

On the contrary, I think both have a solid outside chance here.

Omkara wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:41 am Given her weak seve and great forehand, why doesn't she play more on clay courts?

Ankita`s forehand is good for faster surfaces. She doesnt hit a heavy topspin forehand which is what makes a huge difference on clay.

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:p :rofl: But this Ukraine episode has established the fact that any nuclear nation can get away with invading another nation without actually risking wrath from the so called peace keepers and protectors of the world (West). This is a an ominous precedent and feels scary to imagine whose turn it w...

Also Ramk is closer to 100 rank, how is combined rank around 63?

Rajiv wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:56 am I am not sure a that a player can use his singles ranking to play doubles, singles and doubles points are separate.

Player can use the best of singles / doubles rankings