Sania- a Promise Gone Haywire?

Sania Mirza, the predicted future Indian tennis prodigy, is now struggling to find her form after a series of injuries.

When she won the junior Wimbledon doubles championship in the year 2003 partnering with Alias Kleybanova of Russia, she got not only fame but also respect. There were a lot of people who took to tennis after her.

She became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open 2005, which she eventually lost to the reigning No. 1 Serena Williams.

Mirza also has a number of WTA titles to her credit.

But, sadly all these achievements have probably gotten into her head or maybe her injuries have taken too much toll on her. Whatever the case might be, she is no longer what she used to be.

And like before, we Indians have again started relying on Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.

Now, its not as if Sania doesn’t play these days, but whenever she does, either she has to retire because of injury or she gets mercilessly beaten. Her ranking has dropped from 32 to 98 currently.

We Indians nowadays see her more often in social circuits rather than on the court. She has become something of a Page 3 icon and often embroiled in link-ups.

She has become something like an Indian version of Anna Kournikova.

Her manner in which she reacts to her poor form is so infuriating that one might feel that she is one of the top three players who has lost a match.

And once again, it is because of the people’s attitude towards her that this happened. The minute she used to win any tournament, one could be sure of seeing Sania in some commercial by the next week.

It's not wrong for players to appear in ad films; but the way she used to appear, one could wonder if she was a tennis player or a model?

The result is before our eyes and it's not good, because seeing that talent go haywire is something that I cannot take anymore.

In a country with a population of 102 million people, whose population swears by cricket; very few get such an opportunity. Wasting it is absolutely not recommended!

It is not as if everybody maintains her form, but one does manage to recover it if she has lost it; with her, I am not so sure.

I may be judgmental, but seeing her perform the way she is now, I guess anyone can do that!

[Although, I sincerely hope that I am proven wrong, and she regains her form!]