Simply,Gopi !. Review on Gopichand

The success starved nation exults as Gopichand becomes the king of the Badminton world.

For a shuttler who suffered a knee surgery six years back and people had written him off,Gopi has done remarkably well to achieve the All England title.Not many sportsmen who have suffered such setbacks came out with such sterling performances.It needs a special kind of courage.

Gopi ,who hails from Hyderabad, recently claimed ''I can beat any player in the world''.Now he has more than proved it.

But lets be honest,how many of us heard about Gopi till 2 days back????,how many of you watched the final match?????

I bet, not many.

As shy Gopi himself(smilingly) says''I am well known in Thailand.Malaysia and Indonesia but not in my country''.Does he have to say any more????.We know where we are .AT the cricket,we know our cricketers are unfit ,dishonest,yet we endure....,we eat cricket ,sleep cricket....BUT when Gopichand is playing we are busy!!!!.

Shame on us.

There are sportsmen like Gopi who come to the court ,do their job well,do it without fanfare or television cameras ,pick up their bags and go home without people knowing....They simply win.

When Vishwanathan Anand was asked the best moment he had since becoming world champion,he talked about the day he was taken around Chennai in a horse drawn carriage .AND how he saw a city bus seeing him suddenly stopped and the driver ran across the road and shook his hand.

It was the hand of the ordinary man.

It is this support we need to extend to Gopichand's.,it may cost us nothing,but it'll mean a world to them.

Gopichand is a jewel,let us wear him with pride.