Sania Mirza, India’s most over-hyped sportsperson!

(This Article is based on personal Opinion of Ashley D’souza)

“Carrying the hopes of a billion people”. Just woke up on this cozy sunday to read this first line on rediff and indiatimes. Infuriated, i slowly calmed down and realised that, India lacks sports heroes. Hence it is but natural for the media to focus on very mediocre talent like Sania Mirza and project her as India’s only hope for a medal.

Birmingham: India’s Sania Mirza struggled in her comeback match and bowed out from the WTA DFS Classic with a straight set loss to Marina Erakovic of New Zealand here Wednesday.

Erakovic pulled off the lop-sided contest 6-3, 6-0 in just an hour to enter the third round of the $200,000 Tier III event.

Sania Mirza’s comeback from injury ended in agony but Sunitha Rao’s dream run continued as she advanced to the quarterfinals of the USD 200,000 WTA DFS Classic in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Sania, seeded sixth, went down 3-6 0-6 to New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic.

Remixed with Katty Winter’s (S.C.O.R.E)

The second grand slam of the year is about to start next week on the red clay in Paris France. I am very excited about the French Open because I am such a tennis fan. Contrary to popular belief the FrenchOpen is the second most important slam after Wimbledon and not the US OPEN. The French Open is also the toughest slam to win because you need fitness, stamina, intelligence, not just power to win on this surface. I love tennis however, in Canada tennis is hardly ever on TV. I find myself more interested in the men’s French Open event then the women’s event. Women’s tennis has lost its spark its so boring and the new young players coming up on the WTA are not being marketed at all. The only player the WTA market is that blonde barbie doll wannabe Maria Sharapova.