Sania Mirza
I know I promised post on Cricket, but after watching Sania in action at Wimbledon yesterday I just had to write about her.
The stage was Centre Court at Wimbledon, the third day of the All England Lawn Tennis Championships(Wimbledon in Short). It is the Mecca of tennis as is Lords to cricket and it just does not get any bigger than this. To add to all this it has been 20 long years since an Indian has stepped on this exalted grass. Out comes this little 19 year old kid, her first Wimbledon and up against the No.5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the current US Open champion. No nerves, no inhibitions, it would have been completely normal to be overawed by the occasion but it was not to be. Sania came out firing on all cylinders, like she had played here all her life and it was a moment of pride for all Indians. With spitting ground strokes she made her opponent sweat and was onto an early lead in the first set. But her achilles heel is a weak serve and that let her down once again. She went down in the first set but showed great resilience in the second and totally dominated her opponet before winning a long tie-breaker.
At the end of two sets it did not matter if she won or lost, she had made all her fans proud and had won over the entire centre court crowd.
It was a pity she lost the match but she was'nt far and she left a lasting impression.
Sania is special and has all the makings of a great great player and icon.
Go Sania!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The stage was Centre Court at Wimbledon, the third day of the All England Lawn Tennis Championships(Wimbledon in Short). It is the Mecca of tennis as is Lords to cricket and it just does not get any bigger than this. To add to all this it has been 20 long years since an Indian has stepped on this exalted grass. Out comes this little 19 year old kid, her first Wimbledon and up against the No.5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the current US Open champion. No nerves, no inhibitions, it would have been completely normal to be overawed by the occasion but it was not to be. Sania came out firing on all cylinders, like she had played here all her life and it was a moment of pride for all Indians. With spitting ground strokes she made her opponent sweat and was onto an early lead in the first set. But her achilles heel is a weak serve and that let her down once again. She went down in the first set but showed great resilience in the second and totally dominated her opponet before winning a long tie-breaker.
At the end of two sets it did not matter if she won or lost, she had made all her fans proud and had won over the entire centre court crowd.
It was a pity she lost the match but she was'nt far and she left a lasting impression.
Sania is special and has all the makings of a great great player and icon.
Go Sania!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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