Is Sania Mirza great ?

Sania at the age of 21 is a celebrity.

She is the best women's tennis player in India.

She won the "Padma Sri" award, the fourth higest civilian award in India at the age of 19 years.

She has won a few championships in tennis though not big tournaments,lesser versions.

Now the question comes is she that great ?

Whatever is mentioned about her in the beginning of the article means that she is a good player.

Then the next question comes what is wrong if the media projects her as great ?

When the people talk about her being great she is likely to think so.

When she thinks and believes so her growth is likely to be stopped.

She needs to develop a maturity which Sachin had at the age of 16.

She needs to rate herself properly like Steffi Graff and other great players did before they became grand slam winners.

Because of her looks and shape,there is a hype of Sania in the media.

They are not responsible for what they project,whether good or bad.

Interestingly India is looking for a hero/heroine in sports.So anybody worthy of 4/10 will get 8/10

If this gap is not properly understood by Sania or any upcoming sports person,she is led to believe that she is a near-genius if not a genius.

The net result is that she will be destined to remain in the first 50 not in the first 5.