Women On Top

Though the Indian Federation Cup women's tennis team managed to lose out to the only so-called tough opponent, China, still the performances of Shikha Uberoi and Rushmi Chakravarty in particular, were laudable. That India managed to make a mincemeat of their other opponents like Singapore, Uzbekistan and South Korea among others, without the service of Sania Mirza, goes to justify the latter's claim that an Indian revolution in women's tennis is on the cards. The government should implement schemes to encourage more and more Indian girls to take to the game seriously. It is nice to see business enterprises coming up to sponsor the game and the individual players. The mass media are also providing necessary mileage to the game. These are not just because of the gleaming glamour factor associated with the game. Talent and more importantly, performance always have the final say in popularising and promoting the game, especially in a country like ours which is far from being a top-notch sporting nation.