KOLKATA: Former Indian tennis celebrity Ramesh Krishnan feels that the pandemic has accident the rustic’s advance within the recreation and it may best progress up from right here.
Sumit Nagal is Bharat’s easiest ranked participant at 366 lately.
Previous this month, Bharat misplaced to Denmark 2-3 to be relegated to Davis Cup International Team II for the primary hour for the reason that unutilized structure was once introduced in 2019.
“A lot of competitions have moved to Europe, but that is something we have to live up with. The pandemic also has hit India quite badly,” the previous Wimbledon quarter-finalist mentioned right through the founding of Jaidip Mukerjea‘s autobiography ‘Crosscourt’.
“I hope it starts moving up now. We can only go up from here. The quality of tournaments has come down in India.”
Former Bharat Refuse. 1 Somdev Devvarman feels the secret’s to deliver trait tournaments again to the rustic.
“We have hit rock bottom in many ways. Hopefully tournaments will bring tennis back to its glory days.”
“It’s not just about one or two things. The entire puzzle needs to fall into place. Hopefully we have better days in the future,” Somdev mentioned.
The accumulation was once introduced on Mukerjea’s 81st birthday.
Mukerjea, who ruled the rustic’s tennis circuit along Ramanathan Krishnan and Premjit Lall within the Nineteen Sixties, recalled his early recollections and delved into the triumphs and disappointments of his profession within the accumulation.
‘Mukerjea ‘gamble’ will pay off’
The previous Davis Cup captain recalled how he introduced in combination Bharat’s maximum a hit pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, who went directly to win 3 Lavish Slams, 25 ATP Excursions and rose to International Refuse. 1.
Mukerjea mentioned: “We had a Davis Cup training camp here (in 1994). Bhupathi was not in the team, but he was very promising.
“I had a choice to put together to position him within the crew. 3rd or fourth member Zeeshan Ali and Mahesh Bhupathi. I took a big gamble.
“I put Mahesh instead of Zeeshan who was higher ranked that time. All hell broke loose, everyone including (former president) RK Khanna asked if I was doing the right thing.
“That’s how the ‘Indian Categorical’ go began. I’m positive in the event that they performed a negligible extra in combination they might have received extra Lavish Slams in combination,” he signed off.
Sumit Nagal is Bharat’s easiest ranked participant at 366 lately.
Previous this month, Bharat misplaced to Denmark 2-3 to be relegated to Davis Cup International Team II for the primary hour for the reason that unutilized structure was once introduced in 2019.
“A lot of competitions have moved to Europe, but that is something we have to live up with. The pandemic also has hit India quite badly,” the previous Wimbledon quarter-finalist mentioned right through the founding of Jaidip Mukerjea‘s autobiography ‘Crosscourt’.
“I hope it starts moving up now. We can only go up from here. The quality of tournaments has come down in India.”
Former Bharat Refuse. 1 Somdev Devvarman feels the secret’s to deliver trait tournaments again to the rustic.
“We have hit rock bottom in many ways. Hopefully tournaments will bring tennis back to its glory days.”
“It’s not just about one or two things. The entire puzzle needs to fall into place. Hopefully we have better days in the future,” Somdev mentioned.
The accumulation was once introduced on Mukerjea’s 81st birthday.
Mukerjea, who ruled the rustic’s tennis circuit along Ramanathan Krishnan and Premjit Lall within the Nineteen Sixties, recalled his early recollections and delved into the triumphs and disappointments of his profession within the accumulation.
‘Mukerjea ‘gamble’ will pay off’
The previous Davis Cup captain recalled how he introduced in combination Bharat’s maximum a hit pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, who went directly to win 3 Lavish Slams, 25 ATP Excursions and rose to International Refuse. 1.
Mukerjea mentioned: “We had a Davis Cup training camp here (in 1994). Bhupathi was not in the team, but he was very promising.
“I had a choice to put together to position him within the crew. 3rd or fourth member Zeeshan Ali and Mahesh Bhupathi. I took a big gamble.
“I put Mahesh instead of Zeeshan who was higher ranked that time. All hell broke loose, everyone including (former president) RK Khanna asked if I was doing the right thing.
“That’s how the ‘Indian Categorical’ go began. I’m positive in the event that they performed a negligible extra in combination they might have received extra Lavish Slams in combination,” he signed off.
