Let Sridhar win some tournaments a few times consistently, then you all can put him on the moon. As of now Sridhar has done nothing other than beat couple of good players. What is so big about that? Even Sania Mirza has done that. We don't see China and Indonesia bragging about their players inspite of them winning the major titles most of the time.
We Indians are proud of you. Keep working hard.Believe that you can beat anyone in your sport and believe that you can win many tournaments at international level.
I saw the full match live in CCTV5 in China, Anup played very well, he was just to clinch the first game, well.. its part of the game, he lost.
The second game, he had given-up even before the start, but the game played by Anup is so amazing, he made Lin Dan sweat for his first game, it wasn't a cake walk for Lin.
If Anup need to beat Lin or Bao, our Sports minister must look deep and provide Infra and support to Anup... If he wants to be No. 1 he should avoid Media (Real culprits), rather concentrate on his game and his contribution to the sport he have choosen.
Anup could be a potential medal winner in Beijing 2008 for India, look forward to see you in Beijing Anup.
Anup should just think he can do it and grow from here and be a consistent challenge. If you can beat 1 ranked player it can be a fluke , but doing it 2 times and playing so hard in the first set against the World no 1 surely indicates this guy has no shortage of talent. Just dont lose your way son and grow into a top notch player someday soon. I hate it when people use any sporting acheivement in other sports to denigrate cricket. Cricket is what NFL is to US or soccer is to UK and Europe, however bad the teams perform it will be the number 1 sport. I think the game is naturally suited to most Indians cos it invovles a lot of thought and skill in addition to the athleticism. But we can always develop other sports to be a close no 2 like baseball and basketball are in the US.
it was a really good performance by anup in the tournament.........to beat hidayat n hashim is no mean feat...........lets hope anup keeps on improving n emulate padukone n gopichand one day
P.Gopichand n Padukone just won a single competition at international level n vanished....especially gpichand was overhyped..he was due 4 more but was more than satisfied after a single victory...y cant v produce players like china n indonesia who are consistent n do justice to their talent....I sincerely hope sridhar wouldnt be another prey 2 media hypes n vil make India proud big time....
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by Raghu Chadalavada on Aug 17, 2007 06:04 PM Permalink
Binish, U r right about Gopi but Prakash had been world No1 for couple of years and won more than one intl tournaments and also beat great players like Rudy Hartono, Han Jian, Morten F Hansen etc.
RE:I hope he will keep on improving....
by arup chowdhury on Aug 17, 2007 07:59 PM Permalink
totally incorrect facts ....... prakash was ranked 1 in the world for quite some time and gopichand won more than one international tournament ... it is not just these 2 ... even syed modi and vimal kumar won couple of international tournaments ....
RE:I hope he will keep on improving....
by raju on Aug 17, 2007 06:07 PM Permalink
and sridhar hasn;t even won what gopichand or padukone achieved. until then lets keep shut abt his greatness.
RE:I hope he will keep on improving....
by Sunder Raj on Aug 17, 2007 06:11 PM Permalink
You are Right. We Should appreciate Great Performance at this moment , not a Great Player as he has yet to prove a lot.
RE:I hope he will keep on improving....
by binish mathew on Aug 17, 2007 06:14 PM Permalink
I didnt say hez is great...I just hope its not overhyped like the case of Saina....This guy has to cum a long way 2 b great.....
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by sajjala reddy on Aug 17, 2007 06:58 PM Permalink
When was the last time binish mathew won anything? Look at gopichand's doemstic record. And even international record. And coming to Saina, she is just 17/18 yrs old and she already is recognised as one of most talented players anywhere. So where does the word "overhype" come from? Gopi had an injury ridden career. Coming to comments about not reaching indonesian/ chinese levels, compare their facilities, support system and then compare results.
RE:I hope he will keep on improving....
by suresh madhavan on Aug 18, 2007 12:02 AM Permalink
hey Sajjala Wut's ur problem- looks like u can't understnd english properly- just read Binish's post one more time- wut ever he said is correct and stated with good intention. it doesn't matter whether he won any cups/medals etc
till he or she wins a grand slam tournament he/she shld not be hyped. it happened for sania, it was happening for saina and now lets hope it dosen't happen for sridhar. let them keep working hard and end up as world champions then we can all celebrate. till the no hype no sponsors plz.
RE:Till a player wins a grand slam tournament
by vijay vikram on Aug 17, 2007 07:00 PM Permalink
what do u mean by no sponsors pls ....indian cricket team was ranked 8th in WC ...and there are only 9 teams who play some good cricket ...
Sania, Saina and Anup are not hype ...they are among top 50 when at their level this game is played by more than thousand persons at a high level
give other players their due ...and if can't give sponsorship then at least respect them for what they achieve ...if u wd hav played any of this game, then u wd know the effort put by these players
so pls shut up and let us enjoy the great feat achieved by Anup
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by vijay vikram on Aug 17, 2007 07:03 PM Permalink
cont.... so many years passed ...inspite of all the hyped players like sachin and saurav, we never won WC ...when there is so much promotion of cricket ...why don't u go and tell those sponsors not to go to them, when they can't enter into the last eight in last WC ...now they are beating depleted English side with the help of nature god and lowly scots
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by raju on Aug 17, 2007 10:40 PM Permalink
stupid do u want me to give u a count of how many tournaments sachin has single handedly won for india? leave world cup is that the only tournament in the world. when have sania, saina or anup even won a single tournament? don't even compare them with an icon like sachin who is inspiration to millions in his generation not only as a cricketer but a true and humble sportsman. heck, even if anup is asked who he admires, he will have sachin in his mind.
its not me but u who needs to shut up coz u don't understand a thing abt not only cricket but sports in general.
RE:Till a player wins a grand slam tournament
by raju on Aug 17, 2007 06:05 PM Permalink
okay then either all england or thomas cup or world badminton championships. i thot u were intelligent enuf to get what i meant.
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by Thalaivar on Aug 17, 2007 05:48 PM Permalink
Overhype didnot do any harm to Sania. She could achieve what other Indians cudnt acheive in international sports. U may name Pullela Gopichand who was overhyped and killed my media.
RE:Till a player wins a grand slam tournament
by SHIJU THOMAS on Aug 17, 2007 06:02 PM Permalink
Dude thalaiiii... Seen the 2 postings uve made... Seems ur Understandin of Sports or in general IQ is low.. There has been Players (Ramanathan Krishnan Two-time Wimbledon semifinalist and Junior Wimbledon champion Ramanathan Krishnan is a legend in Indian Tennis history. His Son RAMESH KRISHNAN) Ignorance is Ok - But dont shout out - I am a fool, I am fool!!
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by suresh madhavan on Aug 18, 2007 12:06 AM Permalink
u missed Vijay AmritRaj who once was the "A" in the ABC of tennis(Amritraj,borg,Connors). he was the greates tennis player India has ever produced , but wasn't lucky to win a grandslam
RE:Great Performance
by Thalaivar on Aug 17, 2007 05:41 PM Permalink
Ur comments are overdozed with regional sentiments. What do u mean by "let's hope his career will not follow the path of Sania Mirza" Tennis is definitely a much popular game than Badminton across the globe and she stands on 29th. Sunder Raj..are u a Rajni fan ? seems like so in ur words
RE:Great Performance
by Sunder Raj on Aug 17, 2007 05:58 PM Permalink
Meaning is clear Concentrate on Game, Not involve yourself in any controversy and above all Be consistence in performance and improve it day by day. Where is regionalism in this matter?
Now apply these parameters on Sania and see the difference. Apply same parameters to Prakash and you will realized that Sridhar has no choice but to follow his path. ( Now don%u2019t ask %u201Cwho is Prakash %u201C and revel your IQ).
Sania%u2019s 29th rank doesnot matter at all.She cannot reach to 3rd or 4th round of any Major tournament. She has yet to overcome her very basic level mistakes which are very much unavoidable. When she learn to overcome , by the time she will be out from International tennis circuit.
RE:Great Performance
by suchhando chatterjee on Aug 24, 2007 01:14 PM Permalink
We see here that you are trying to correct Sania's mistakes. Good yaar. Please tell us which year you got the Grand Slam.
RE:Great Performance
by Sunder Raj on Aug 17, 2007 06:02 PM Permalink
Meaning is clear Concentrate on Game, Not involve yourself in any controversy and above all Be consistence in performance and improve it day by day. Where is regionalism in this matter?
Now apply these parameters on Sania and see the difference. Apply same parameters to Prakash and you will realized that Sridhar has no choice but to follow his path. ( Now donot ask who is Prakash and revel your IQ).
Sania 29th rank doesnot matter at all.She cannot reach to 3rd or 4th round of any Major tournament. She has yet to overcome her very basic level mistakes which are very much avoidable. When she learn to overcome , by the time she will be out from International tennis circuit
RE:Great Performance
by raju on Aug 17, 2007 05:40 PM Permalink
lets wait till he becomes a world champion. sania was also hyped after a few good performances, wot happened?
RE:Great Performance
by suresh madhavan on Aug 18, 2007 12:15 AM Permalink
Hi Thalaivar, there is a correction in ur post it should say "Complimetns from a low IQ stupid Then it makes sense
