Sania Mirza - General Discussion of tennis matters

[jayakris]

No probs, ramesh - you don't have to apologize. I was just making a general point to eveybody, that' sall! Jay

[puneets]

Movies should be a big No-No at this time of her career. It's good to note that Team Sania have their priorities right.
Sania has her fair share of media exposure..with all the brands that she endorses. She doesn't need any more..at least not now.

[Nate]

Puneet wrote:

Movies should be a big No-No at this time of her career

Yes, Sania the tennis player would be shooting herself in the foot, if she starts shooting for the movies now .

[insideout]

Ok, now let's drop this discussion about movies and start discussing her game again....I think that this topic if not dropped early will again go on and on and on..........

[genius]

ROFL! Sorry for some off topic material. silambarasan, the son of T.Rajendar(who was nicknamed "gorilla" for his beard and hair by my peers ) an actor director of the 80's.T.Rajendar was known for hard hitting dialogues with sharp humorous retorts and politics with DMK.This silambu guy acted as a child actor infew movies at that time,disappeared during teens and has now come back as a fledgling actor.

His first few movies i gather were big flops.but his last film manmadhan was a success(it had my head spinning though) as a actor director.in that film he roped in north indians like mandira ,yana gupta for item numbers
.Can't believe this guy has her cell no! sania's future i think is at huge risk

[jimmy]

[quote="kiran r more"]
My argument is nothing against SANIA.quote]

kiran.r.more
After reading all your previous posts and i think i have read almost all your posts. I NOW, can say with utmost confidence that you ABSOLUTELY HAVE NOTHING against sania.

[kiran r more]

No sane person or a true tennis lover can be against sania.What she has done for Indian tennis can not be over emphasised.In my opinion she is the best ever Indian Tennis player,after Sr. Krishnan--ahead of LP,MB,VA AND JR. KRISHNAN.

The point is in India you MUST have a godfather to succeed.Some politician,some businessman or the association.Sania was lucky to get the support of Politician Naidu,Businessman GVK and association through RAJA NARSIMHA RAO,PRESIDENT OF AP TENNIS ASSOCIATION.These three most influential people of Hyderabad had THE VISION AND THEY SAW THE TALENT OF SANIA AT A VERY EARLY STAGE.I only wish other politicians and businessmen learn from these guys.

I also dont like comparing sania and karan .It has nothing to compare their game or anything like that.The point is Karan's achievements ,as a junior and in the first year of his professional career are remarkable.World no 3 singles position in junior,aus open semi in singles and the fact that in the last 12 months he has jumped almost 700 places in ATP ranking -from around 1200 to around 500-make him a special boy.But the media ,govt. in maharashtra and corporates in bombay have completely ignored him.His recent performance in satellite is not even mentioned in times,mid day or HT .THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

[jimmy]

The point is in India you MUST have a godfather to succeed.Some politician,some businessman or the association.Sania was lucky to get the support of Politician Naidu,Businessman GVK and association through RAJA NARSIMHA RAO,PRESIDENT OF AP TENNIS ASSOCIATION.These three most influential people of Hyderabad had THE VISION AND THEY SAW THE TALENT OF SANIA AT A VERY EARLY STAGE.I only wish other politicians and businessmen learn from these guys.

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why do you think that it happens only in india..?
show me any country where this sort of 'godfathership' is not there..

[completelyconked]

That is correct, Arjun ... Karan is just a solid solid player, a pretty damn good athlete too, who is all-round good pure tennis with a lot of talent to go up the ranks to high levels, but there isn't a shockingly superlative item in his game that make people go "Jesus" as in Sania's case ..

Leander's super athleticism even as young boy, and Rohan's booming serve (at one time MB's too) were cases that one could really notice. Actually even a big serve does not really get you noticed all that much, because there are indeed some huge server out there in India who have not panned out, due to other deficiencies. Admittedly, this is tough on the men's side for somebody to show a weapon that would be as noticed as Sania's forehand (as many women still play soft tennis even at high levels), and a weapon like Harsh's return do go unnoticed too - because there are others on tour with such weapons .. But the point remains that except for his total tennis abilities and good athleticism, Karan does not get noticed for an item in his game that make people go "Jesus" ..

Jay

Very good point.It is very difficult for the men.Most of the men are in the same category power-wise,and even a big serve may not help them get ahead.A big serve is almost essential in men's tennis.No dementieva's on the men's side!That is partly why the men take longer to mature.They need to add more to their game than just pounding the ball,and sending down huge serves (roddick is an exception ).The corporates should be more patient when sponsoring boys.It will pay dividends in the long run.

But i think Sania's forehand would be noticable even on the men's side(esp if it is in fact as big as roddick's ).I have actually heard ppl go 'jesus' on watching her rip that forehand .So much more than just power.Once she figures out that there is so much more to her forehand than trying to pound everything at 100mph she'll be awesome.She should put more topspin on her forehand shots,as she doesn't do that often enough.She'll increase her accuracy,and that shot will become even more dangerous with more variety.

Steffi was really difficult to figure out because her forehand had so much variety,aside from more power than any shot ever seen before.Like federer's.The same reason why Roddick's Bazooka forehand,is no match for federer's fantastic wristy FH.

[Kumar]

True indeed stick to movies Simbu.....Tennis is entirely different from movies.....not too easy dude!

Aravind, who said movies are easy?

[completelyconked]

Well,from the general consensus (and the fact that every teenage girl around seems to be sporting multiple piercings,and inappropriate t-shirts! ) looks like Sania is indeed overtaking Sachin.Unbelievable!
Who would've imagined this 6 months ago! Move over Master Blaster?Not yet, in my book.She has to learn to serve first!And be a bit more consistent

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanheral ... hforum.asp


http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanheral ... 005101.asp

And check this out.Sania on the cover of Time Magazine.Wow!Sachin had to wait ages for that honour!Talk about a meteoric rise.

http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=326473

Waiting for the Sania bashing to start.....

[vparam]

I hear the words Team Sania al ot, likes it some type of corporation. Besides Sania, her coach, and her parents, who else is on this team and what are their roles?

[dextrous3000]

I hear the words Team Sania al ot, likes it some type of corporation. Besides Sania, her coach, and her parents, who else is on this team and what are their roles?

Team seems to be a popular thing to add in India these days. First there was cricket, then davis cup...now Sania.

Personally, I find it a little offensive that sports teams now find the need to add Team before everything. We are a country -- India alone is sufficient.

[BSharma]

I believe that the term "Team Sania" refers to people who are directly and closely involved in Sania's day-to-day decisions as far as tennis is concerned. I do not know who are these people, but I imagine her parents, her coach and Sania would be amongst them.

I do not see anything offensive in the term "Team Sania" because it is not in conflict with her country India. Her name is followed by India when she plays on the Tour.

[dextrous3000]

I believe that the term "Team Sania" refers to people who are directly and closely involved in Sania's day-to-day decisions as far as tennis is concerned. I do not know who are these people, but I imagine her parents, her coach and Sania would be amongst them.

I do not see anything offensive in the term "Team Sania" because it is not in conflict with her country India. Her name is followed by India when she plays on the Tour.

I was talking about Team India.