Thank you for posting the link! It is a terrific article from Kamesh, whose service to Indian tennis is unparalleled, really. Old friend of mine, and a great gentleman. He still goes around, covering big and small tennis events, and actually watching the matches (man, what a concept for tennis scribes!). And he gives us the most correct judgment on most of our players. He has been doing it for nearly 30 years, but Kamesh still doesn't consider himself the "senior journalist" who only goes to Wimbledon. Thank you, sir. If I need to know how good a player anybody is, I would search for a Kamesh article that may have reported on a match. He may only say one or two words and he rarely criticizes anybody - but his comments are always on the money, if he makes any! The best tennis journalist in the world, in my opinion.VReddy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:23 pm Article from Kamesh Srinivasan sir - https://sportstar.thehindu.com/tennis/v ... 695113.ece
Okay, back to the article, check this out:
This kid has unbelievable maturity at his age. I wish some of our senior players would learn from the kid. Kamesh clearly got the crux of the matter in his summary lines. Some (many/most) of our players never get it!“It was not easy at all. It was super complex. Last week, I was really tired. First couple of weeks, I was patient. Last week in Madurai, I realised that with patient tennis, I would not survive. So I played an aggressive game, moving the opponent from corner to corner and coming to the net. Had I been angry or shouted in tough situations, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve this”, reasoned Vihaan. “Patience is my big weapon”, he said.
Not allowing negative thoughts to eat into his energy is perhaps the key to his success. At 4-6, 1-4 he stays calm to turn the match on its head.
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And then, when will somebody tell our kids that retiring one game away from losing is just not a nice thing to do?... 
