Spot The Differences: Saina Vs Sania

By Author: ram kausik
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When two stars of the same gender, nationality and caliber exist in the same public space and makes eye catching headlines from time to time, comparing one to another becomes inevitable. Whether you like it or not, people are going to nitpick, draw up their own version of pros and cons, shower one with laudatory remarks while snidely dismissing the other. There might be a few who can construct parallel similarities between the two people and conclude the argument by consigning equal grades to both the competitors. Unfortunately or fortunately, no matter how much we mitigate the rivalry, one player wil always triumph over the other. It is a universal rule and there is nothing one can do to change the course of nature.

Sports being an overall competitive field, harbors many such hot and cold rivalries. While most of them are combustible as soon as they engage in contact, others are in the subtle form of pink elephant in the room; it is there visible to everyone but it’s too redundant to actually hold discussions on it. Sania Mirza and Saina Nehwal are two such people whose paths have crossed each other’s. They ...
... are two of the leading ladies of Racquet sports. They are powerhouses on their own terms with a huge fan following. They are completely different and yet so alike. Even their names are uncannily similar. They are just two sides of the same coin; two ends of the same spectrum. If one is Betty, then the other one is Veronica. Sports is not a beauty contest, hence comparison of any superficial sort is and will be off the table.

Sania Mirza being older than Saina, made her foray in to Tennis at an earlier point of time. She came, played and conquered the hearts of many. She soon became India’s sweetheart. Her social life was as exciting, may be even more so, than her professional life. She had it all- fame, fortune and the looks that could melt your heart. But soon it wasn’t as much about winning, as it was about keeping up appearances. A steady decline in form, fiancé troubles and other personal issues, caused her to withdraw into herself and resurface after a hiatus, only to have Saina take her place. Saina Nehwal profile has been impressive from the start and the fact that she was able to keep up that consistency in her performance to date provides the concluding point that will help us determine who is a better player.