India's Tennis Sensation Sania Mirza has officially advanced to the list of Top 50 women tennis players of world.
There had been three such instances in the past where an Indian occupied a place among the top 50 tennis singles' performers.
>>>> Vijay Amritraj was ranked 16th in July 1980.
>>>> Ramesh Krishnan was ranked 23rd in 1985.
>>>> Ramesh's father Ramanathan Krishan had been world # 3, before Open Era.
Leander Paes had been to 73, which is his best ever ranking.
After Sania's success in international tennis circuit, the interest for tennis in India has gathered momentum. There has been organisation of ATP Tata Open Ranking Tennis event in Chennai everyyear. Hyderabad has also summoned considerable interest in organising tennis events of international stature.
Tennis, a originally an European past time has been followed by Asian COuntries like China, Russia , Japan in the recent past to the extent of international participation. India has a long way to go, players like Sania can only make it jaunted.
No comments:
Post a Comment