{"id":81103,"date":"2021-02-06T20:52:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=81103"},"modified":"2021-02-06T20:52:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T15:22:58","slug":"lawn-tennis-as-a-hobby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lawn-tennis-as-a-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn tennis as a hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(i) Know about<strong>\u00a0fundamental traits required, rules, regulations, prominent sporting events<\/strong>(viz. the four grand slams)<strong>\u00a0ATP events held in India.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(ii)\u00a0<strong>Know about legends and important players<\/strong>\u00a0associated with this game and have a<strong>\u00a0brief idea about their achievements<\/strong>(Rod Laver, Don Budge, Maureen Connolly, Bjom Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navaratilova, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, etc.) and Indian players(like Amritrajs, Krishnans, Paes, Bhupati, Sania Mirza, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>(iii)\u00a0<em><strong>Tennis in India has shown resurgence, popularity, increased sponsorship and corporate interest in recent years. What\u2019s the reason for it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>(iv) What should be done to<strong>\u00a0improve India\u2019s performance at International level<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>specially in Davis Cup<\/strong>? Should Government play a role in it? Or should it be left to the Tennis Associations, Corporates and sports houses to fend for themselves, while the Government\u2019s limited\u00a0<em>sporting resources should be conserved for other games and sports?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(v) When can an<strong>\u00a0Indian player be expected to win a Singles Grand Slam event<\/strong>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(i) Know about\u00a0fundamental traits required, rules, regulations, prominent sporting events(viz. the four grand slams)\u00a0ATP events held in India. (ii)\u00a0Know about legends and important players\u00a0associated with this game and have a\u00a0brief idea about their achievements(Rod Laver, Don Budge, Maureen Connolly, Bjom Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navaratilova, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, etc.) and Indian players(like&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lawn-tennis-as-a-hobby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lawn tennis as a hobby<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10309,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}