India, shunned by tennis star, reflects on intolerance


	India, shunned by tennis star, reflects on intolerance

arifsali

2-5-2008 1:23 PM

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2-6-2008 8:27 AM

tabsey

Watched her in the Hopman cup. A very good player and as a woman probably gets closer scrutiny than she should.

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