FED-EX THE WHIRL WIND STRIKES.................

The Emperor of Tennis whose career which seemed to be overshadowed by the tennis power house Rafa srikes back , this time by winning the French open. Roger seems to have found his golden touch.Everything he touched inevitably turned into gold. His cause of winning his maiden French Open was contributed by ill tempered Robin Soderling who ousted the magnanimous and dangerous Rafa, who was all set to win his fifth consecutive French open. The sight of Rafa had a very demoralising effect on the Roger's performance over the years. This win would definetely be the most important victory for Roger.This triumph completes the Roger's quota of winning grand slams on all the surfaces and was indeed evident from the Roger's emotional outburst.

Roger's next aim would be to win the Wimbeldon and take over the reigns from Sampras to have won more grand slams than any one, ever in the history of Tennis . Its the endeless zeal and terrific motivation that keeps him so pumped up to win more and more games. Federer is now almost ready to be hailed as the emperor and the undisputed champ in the entire tennis fraternity
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DADA'S MEMOIRS.............................

Saurav Ganguly, the prince of Kolkata was once known as the undisputed king of Indian Cricket team. Once at the helm of his career, led his country with lot of pride and zest. He took over the captaincy from Mohammed Azaruddin, when the Indian team was in a complete disarray and state of shock. The match fixing scandal had literally rocked the nation and the avid cricket bugs. He had to start all over again with a completely new team. He did not buckle down admist immense pressure and forged the Indian team towards success. His record speaks for him. His flaunt attitude was somtimes being adjudged as arrogance and over-confidence. He started of his careeer as a fine left-hander, who on his day could demoralise any opponents to the core. The burden of the captaincy really took the toll of his batting prowess. No doubt, during his early playing days, Rahul Dravid reckoned him "God of the offside play". His class and magic on the offside is simply undisputed.

How can we ever forget his swashbuckling ability to smash the left handed spinners out of the Park? This man's uncanny abilty to make really wise decisions have definetely earned him lot of fans world wide. His spat with the former Indian captain Greg Chapell, nearly ended his career. The sheer grit and determination brought Dada back into the side, this time not as a captain but as a batsman. His performance after this new lease of life did not prove to be unworthy as he consistenty scored runs in both the forms of the game. Eventually in the December 2008, Dada decided to hang his boots. This marks the red letter day to one of the greatest titans the game has ever seen. Is he the best captain the indian cricket team ever seen? The possible answer to this might be ---------"PERHAPS YES".............................

IS THE AURA OF CLASSY TENNIS DISAPPEARING ???...

Is the of great game of tennis finally losing it the aura and class that it once redeemed itself of ? Well,this question puts most of the pundits in the state of dilemma and confusion. The intensity and class with which the likes of Pete Sampras,Agassi,Steffi Graf,Martina navratilova,Bjorn Borg played was simply carismatic and unbelievable. The present crop of players definitely do not get in this class and aura into the game ,which has to a great extent made this game very boring indeed.The reason which makes me assert this statement is because its the base-line pounders like the Nadal,Djokovic are making their presence felt. Gone are those days when the serve and volley players like Sampras ,Boris Becker ruled the world of tennis.

The better racquet technology and slower courts have defnitely spelled dooms day for most of volleyers like Taylor Dent. Likes of Rafa , Djokovic have an undue advantage in the slower courts . The experts reckon that the Wimbeldon grass courts which were once lightning quick have slowed down significantly and that its pace resembles the clay courts of the Rolland Garros. The slow and bouncy nature of these surfaces have not done any thing good either.Rafa as a player is most suited for the clay court because of his style of Play. Although he has won 7 grand slams on almost all the surfaces the critics do not state him to be an allround player.

If comparison is drawn between the fedexpress and Rafa, Fedex is obiviously an allcourt player as he can play well from behind the court as well as at the net. Comparisons apart today Rafa has an undue mental edge over Roger.Despite Roger being reckoned the best in the business , he is unable to deliver the goods. His poor string of performances in the masters says it all. I' believe he is just out of rythm at the moment. I feel its just the matter of time before we see him getting into the groove and then its business as usual for him. One must always know that that the form is temporary,but the class is permanent !!!!!!!!!!

Personally I have nothing against Rafa and other Base line pounders.Its just that those long rallies from the back of court makes the game very clumsy and boring some times. Ofcourse the top spin and engimatic backhand shots of Rafa can rattle any good players ,but its just that he has been projected too highly as a player.

Coming to women's Tennis it has become less a game and a more of attire or wardrobe display.The sheer persona that the players like Steffi Graf brought into the courts was simply magical. Where is all that intensity and ruthlessness gone ? Perhaps the gamesman-ship has been taken over by the petty interests of some commercial outfits who have got the players into a vicious circle drawing them to choose between the game and big money. Big money ofcourse lures every player and they tend lose the focus. Eventually they start under performing.Bottom line is that, we viewers are being deprived of good tennis.