Tennis Court as Fish Market

DR. ABDUL RUFF

Tennis court is infested by fish of all varieties and sizes for the greedy prize seekers to pick from. With so many types of  tennis games, almost everyone is sure of getting a prize, although not every one is assured of it automatically, unlike in cricket where everyone gets a share of booty. Luck and some manipulations do play their ownparts.  .

I have time and again stressed the need to reform Tennis, but, in stead of doing that for make Tennis as a real sport,  the big management guys have continued  with the promotion of cheap stuff on the Tennis  courts. They effectively stopped Muslim females from playing tennis by imposing certain anti-Islamic codes.

Like the bogus cricket with as many formats as the selfish cricketers want and meant to promote colonial mentality among the  spectators, Tennis promotes different attitudes among the Tennis players. Only  single tennis is the ideal as a sport, both men and women. But, like frantic people in fish market, the guys pick up partners to play tennis (men doubles, women doubles and “mixed” doubles) and make some quick money in hours.

One  does not know the rationale for so many “opens”  in the world which makes the tennis almost 12 month sport. The same people play and same people come to  the semi levels and one of them clinches the title in men and women categories. .

When the "Open" is like world cup, how many world cups do they want? Better the organization arranges world cup once or even twice a year preferably only in Singles and do away with so many Opens. .

In stead of “open”, regional Tennis opens should have promoted so that new faces would emerge. However, the greedy regional powers like India wanting to manipulate the outcomes in their favor by hook or crook must be checked very strictly.

All varieties of “doubles” must be stopped forthwith. Those  who cannot win in singles must try some other sport like cricket where the “give and take” principle helps every player by rotation to make 100 pus merry and plenty of black money.