Irony of being a fan of Indian sportswoman is that the life span of fantasy is short lived. Your dream is destined to be tragedy -tipped if she is a tennis player and an underachiever. Sania Mirza burst into the scene like real star and I was smart enough to announce myself into her rapidly growing fan club. She was an immediate headline hitter . Growing up with an inherent instinct for Soccer and Cricket, I picked up the deuce to be an undying admirer of a tennis player.My embarrassing knowledge of the game gave people a winning point to canvass what made me to be a hot pursuer of a tennis player. I found it wise not to make any quixotic effort to hide my sentiments from public domain. No wonder that more than her tennis prowess she took the world by the storm for her breathtaking beauty and stunning sex appeal. It was an inescapable realty for media that deified her into glamour queen discrediting her unmatchable talent of tennis. Given the statistics pundits quibble that she couldn't justify her immense talent. Becoming the first Indian women to break into the top 50 is a massive achievement. She has not been able to clinch a major ATP tournament, excluding Hyderabad Open. She is yet to win a Grand slam. Career graph is not quite impressive though, bouts of injury and periodic controversy have hampered her career throughout. Its not easy to be a fan of sensation like Sania. Being a fan you have the legitimacy to enjoy the privilege to explain why she fails to qualify into final of a Grand slam. Making a brave face after her every failed effort is the most challenging aspect of being a fan. The famous tribe of critics who get emboldened after her every debacle , do not leave a chance to pull down the spirit of an avid admirer.My loyalty as a follower of her is not based on her performance.She has bravely set out a trend that should encourage a generation of young women to join sports. More than her formidable forearm in the tennis court, it’s her rebellious and fearless spirit that has invoked undivided loyalty of millions of fan. In a society where fanatics don’t allow any breathing space to women and there every social move is shackled by the forbidding fatwa, she has been a stand- alone upstart. Muslim women should no longer be scared of labeled as social outcasts if they jump into the ring. Before its too late and I invite flak of her amateur critics who can not resist to glued to her beauty , I would carry my chalice of loyalty for her as an argumentative admirer. Media seems to be besotted with her charm , she does not face the heat of media. Her failures are given the colors of heroic effort , her weakness gets fleeting mention.In last few years she has become a all- pervasive lime light hogger in media. It would be a disregard to Sania if I a blame her for media frenzy. But it eventually steals the thunder from the other brilliant performers who might not be as beautiful as her. Just a passing mention to wrap this up: Shuttler Saina Nehal did not even feature in the front page after winning Indonesia Open. At the end of the day its beauty that counts ....
Keats had romanticized this long before :
Beauty is truth , truth is Beauty.
And for me it would a romantic blunder to look for elsewhere...........
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