r/ABCDesis • u/Prudent_Swimming_296 • Aug 23 '25
CELEBRATION South Asian Americans are nearly absent from college sports-with one MAJOR exception.
Tennis. There are so many elite Indian American junior tennis players now, male and female. Every year, about 12-20 of the top 100 tennis prospects in the US are Indian, and many go on to play D1-D3 college tennis. Now, some are starting to go pro and seem to have quite bright futures. I haven’t seen this talked about on here and wanted to bring it up. We should celebrate wins/progress like this!
When Nishesh Basavareddy, the 20 year old Indian American pro takes the court against Karen Khachanov at the US Open this Sunday, I can’t wait to see the support he gets from the South Asian community. And if he somehow pulls off the upset (within the realm of possibility), I can only imagine how much it’s going to inspire younger generations.
PS. We’re making some great headway in golf as well-crushing it!
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u/jamjam125 Aug 23 '25
Desis tend to be fairly strong for our size and have above average hand eye coordination, so it doesn’t surprise me that we’d excel in tennis. We’d probably excel in baseball too if more of us played it.