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The success of Indians at the recently concluded Australian Open is on everyone's mind. Yuki Bhambri, only sixteen, won the Juniors' Singles Title and Sania Mirza alongwith the perennial Mahesh Bhupathi won the Mixed Doubles Title. This success lends credibility to claims that India is fast becoming a tennis superpower. There is also Somdev Dev Varman, from whom great feats are expected in the future. But before jumping on the bandwagon, let's consider the facts-No Indian has performed in the relatively more important Singles tour since the time of Ramanathan Krishnan and Vijay Amritraj. The lack of infrastructure, that same old problem we have been hearing of since ages, is still present. All the three winners have trained abroad. Yuki Bhambri is still training in Florida.
The fact of the matter is that these celebrations might be in vain if the authorities do not start improving lawn tennis infrastructure in our country soon. Otherwise only people with enough funds will be able to go abroad and obtain quality training. We remain in wait of the day when an Indian holds aloft a Grand Slam Singles trophy.