The summer of 2012 is seeing a flurry of activities from the field
of sports. After the success of IPL5, UEFA Euro12 and the impending London
Olympics are setting up the
pace. Speaking of pace, brings me to the curious case of Leander Paes and
Mahesh Bhupati, the two stalwarts of Indian Tennis and their love-hate
relationship.
Paes and Bhupati, who formed one of the most successful Doubles pair that the tennis world has every seen, have some how fallen apart in the last few years. Dubbed the "Indian Express", the pair which once was the top ranked doubles tennis team in the world has broken up because of issues which are more personal than professional. The aim of every sports person representing the country at the Olympics should obviously be to get a medal for the country but in this "Clash of the Titans" the aim seems to be brinkmanship and nothing else, with even other players like Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza jumping into the fray.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) too has been guilty in leaving things and important decision making for the last moment and that has acted as a catalyst for the unfortunate flare up in the tennis arena. Sania Mirza's grudge that she has been used by the AITA as a bait for the "hurt and disappointed " Leander(Lee) Paes, the highest ranked doubles player inIndia 
The focus now seems to be how to manage the bloated egos of our tennis heroes and not how to win a medal at the Olympics. In this mish mash of clashes and disputes, Indian tennis seems to be the greatest looser. The AITA by failing to have a concrete plan for the London Olympics seems to have managed to come up with a perfect recipe for impending Tennis disaster at the Games, in a sport in which every Indian would have hoped that the country would get at least one medal after Leander's bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
Paes and Bhupati, who formed one of the most successful Doubles pair that the tennis world has every seen, have some how fallen apart in the last few years. Dubbed the "Indian Express", the pair which once was the top ranked doubles tennis team in the world has broken up because of issues which are more personal than professional. The aim of every sports person representing the country at the Olympics should obviously be to get a medal for the country but in this "Clash of the Titans" the aim seems to be brinkmanship and nothing else, with even other players like Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza jumping into the fray.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) too has been guilty in leaving things and important decision making for the last moment and that has acted as a catalyst for the unfortunate flare up in the tennis arena. Sania Mirza's grudge that she has been used by the AITA as a bait for the "hurt and disappointed " Leander(Lee) Paes, the highest ranked doubles player in
The focus now seems to be how to manage the bloated egos of our tennis heroes and not how to win a medal at the Olympics. In this mish mash of clashes and disputes, Indian tennis seems to be the greatest looser. The AITA by failing to have a concrete plan for the London Olympics seems to have managed to come up with a perfect recipe for impending Tennis disaster at the Games, in a sport in which every Indian would have hoped that the country would get at least one medal after Leander's bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
For all Blue
Caramelers, the lesson we all need to grasp is that ego clashes lead you
nowhere and that by failing to plan, we are planning to fail.
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