Vijay Amritraj (a picture of credit: Instagram) New Delhi: Indian subtitles in Wimbledon were Cricketers Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar and Ravi Shastri and not tennis players. Instead of an action in a tennis court, India was paying attention to those who occupy chairs in a prestigious Grand Slam.Sumit Nagal lost in the first round of singles qualification; Yuki Bhambri went the furthest in the doubles with the third round of the invasion. Rohan Bopanna bowed in the first round, while N Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Bollipalli did just a little better. Bhambri also suffered the second round in mixed doubles.This was largely sorry that Indian tennis was sorry for the main tournaments. Since Nagal’s important victory against Alexander Bublik at the Australian Open 2024, Indian Tennis had little to celebrate. It was also anomaly.Now it’s been 10 years since India had something to celebrate in Wimbledon. And then there were several reasons. Sania Mirza and Leander Paes won women’s and mixed doubles with Martina Hingis. Nagal won the boys double with Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam.
In the next 10 years, in 2018, only three Indians reached the main draw of the singles Wimbledon – Bhambri in 2018 in 2019 and Nagal in 2024. All three suffered losses of the first round.“We have always been the best country in Asia with a long shot, especially in the Davis Cup. And we are not today,” said the double quarterfinalist Wimbledon Vijay Amritraj in Media Day on Si -Tar.“The number two is that we don’t have any players in the TOP 100. The number three is until you get a lot of players in the best 100 and 50 years. Like Italy, you will not be able to compete in the world group Davis Cup or be a challenger for any of the tournaments.“It’s always about singles. We have always asked about the question about (Carlos) Alcaraz, (Jannik) Sinner, (Daniil) Medvedev, (Andrey) Rublev, (Novak) Djokovic, (Aryna) Sablika. Everything is about singles.“You will start the game to play and win the Grand Slam if you are good enough, and you are hard enough and you are talented enough to use your talent and take advantage of your potential to get there with a work ethics that goes beyond everything else.Amritraj, now a commentator, emphasized the importance of building their journey through juniors who quoted examples of Andy Murray, Djokovic, Alcaraz and sinner.“A few days ago I published a picture on Instagram, where last Friday was the 40th anniversary of my beating Yannick Noah at the Wimbledon Central Court, when he won the French championships a year before playing.“And that was the last time they played Indian singles in Wimbledon in Central Court.In April, Aryna Sabalenko in the world 1 on Grind spoke in some Eastern European countries with some of the best players, including Elena Rybakina, Market Vondrous and the former 18 -time Grand Slam Champion Martin Navratilov. Why in the same spirit, why not come Indian players?A 71 -year -old has admitted that in such cases it can do few national associations – All India Tennis Association (Aita).“To be honest, there are very little associations.“And there are two very important aspects. If you work 110% constantly and protect your body, then there is a 100% chance that you will do it. If you don’t work 110%, then there is absolutely zero chance to do it.“And when I say it, I am talking about trying to get it to the TOP 100 or TOP 50. I’m not talking about winning it in the end. I’m talking about being one of the best in the world to have a very strong competitive advantage in tournaments.“Maybe even win the Grand Slam, but certainly compete at the highest level. That’s the most important thing. Today we are constantly trying to get to qualify. That’s the biggest concern. And that wasn’t 30-40 years ago. That’s my point,” he finished.
