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Overview
Let me tell you about my personal background. I was born in the Southern Indian town of Coimbatore and started playing tennis at the age of 5. I was influenced very much by my cousins, K.G.Suresh and K.G. Ramesh who were some of the best in India and my brother Ganesh who also played top level tennis. My father K.S.Vaidyanathan was my 1st coach and I still admire the way he played a father-cum coach's role to perfection. In my 1st ever National Under 12 tournament, I reached the semi-final and went on to win my 1st National title in Under 14 age group at the age of 13. One year later in 1991, I won the National Women’s title at age 14 and from then on, I have had an unbeaten record in India.
Achievements
- Member of Indian Olympic Tennis Squad in 2000 for Sydney Olympics
- Best WTA ranking of 132. Victories against top-50 world players like Magdaleena Maleeva, Sylvia Plishke, Mirijana Lucic, Prakusya and Janet Lee.
- Partnered World No. 1 Kim Clijsters in doubles in WTA event in Belgium.
- Played against Venus and Serena Williams in 2000 Australian Open doubles event.
- Played Wimbledon (from 1999-2001)
- Played U.S. Open (from 1999-2002)
- Played Australian Open (from 1999-2001)
- Played French Open (from 1999-2002)
- Played several other major tournaments around the world.
- No 1 Player for India for 10 years in Asian Games, Fed Cup, South Asian Federation Games and World Youth Cup. Led India to Asia Group 1 in Fed Cup.
- Bronze medallist in Asian Games 1998 in mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi.
- Triple gold medallist at SAF games in Chennai 1995.
Nirus Tennis Column
Nirupama Sanjeev is currently writing
for India Abroad (Rediff.com) and All
Sports Magazine which has circulations
all over India. Here are some of the
recently published articles:
Exciting World of Women's Tennis- Cover story- Published 09/05/24 in All SportsMag: The power houses of Venus and Serena Williams, Sharapova and Henin have brought unpredictability and excitement into Women’s Tennis. Women’s tennis had always been branded as a monotonous one, so this situation is long awaited. These L
Exciting World of Women's Tennis- Cover story- Published 09/05/24 in All SportsMag: The power houses of Venus and Serena Williams, Sharapova and Henin have brought unpredictability and excitement into Women’s Tennis. Women’s tennis had always been branded as a monotonous one, so this situation is long awaited. These L