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Advantage India : The Story Of Indian Tennis
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About The Booka Comprehensive History Of Indian Tennis That Captures The Sport Over The Last Two Decades.The History Of Indian Tennis Begins In The Late Nineteenth Century, Soon After It Was Established As A Competitive Sport In England. The Sport Quickly Caught The Imagination Of The Colonised Just As Much As It Had Of The Colonisers. In Those Early Years, Mohammed Sleem, The Fyzee Brothers, S.M. Jacob And Ghaus Mohammed (Whose Genius Was Sadly Curtailed By The Second World War) Were The Heroes Tennis Needed, Claiming It For India.After Independence, A New Set Of Players Set The Courts Ablaze: Dilip Bose, Sumant Misra, Naresh Kumar And The Dazzling Ramanathan Krishnan, Who Remains One Of Indias Biggest Icons. In The 1970S And 1980S, Vijay Amritraj And Ramesh Krishnan Established India As A Regular On The International Stage, Until Finally In The Mid-1990S, Leander Paes And Mahesh Bhupathi Earned The Country Its First Grand Slam Titles.Today, Tennis Is Deeply Entrenched In India, With Players Like Rohan Bopanna And Sania Mirzathe Superstar Who Transformed Womens Tennis In Her Countrybeing Huge Sporting Icons And Much Sought After For Endorsements.Advantage India Is A Deeply Researched And Engaging Account Of The Exhilarating Journey Of Indian Tennis, With A Special Section On The Doubles Game And On Womens Tennis In India. A Must-Have For Every Sports Lover.About The Authoranindya Dutta Is An International Banker Turned Entrepreneur Doing Work On Sports-Led Leadership Development, And Has Spent The Past Two-And-A-Half Decades Working In Major Financial Marketslondon, Hong Kong, Mumbai And Singapore. Anindya Is Deeply Interested In Sports History And Is A Sportswriter By Vocation.Anindyas First Book, A Gentlemans Game (2017), Was Followed By His Widely Acclaimed And Best-Selling Account Of The Greatest Bowling Spells In The History Of Cricket, Spell Binding Spells (2017). His Next Book, We The Invincibles (2019), A Fascinating Account Of Bradmans 1948 Teams Tour Of England Also Received Critical Acclaim.Wizards: The Story Of Indian Spin Bowling Published By Westland Sport In 2019 Won Indias Cricket Book Of The Year Award At The Ekamra Sports Lit Fest.Besides Penning Books, Anindya Is Also A Columnist For Sportstar, The Cricketer Magazine, Firstpost, Hindustan Times, Espn Cricinfo, Cricket Monthly, Cricket Soccer, Roar And Fountain Ink.Delicately Maintaining His Work-Write Balanceentrepreneur By Day And Writer By Nightanindya Lives In Singapore With His Hugely Supportive Wife, Anisha And Canine Daughter, Olu.
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