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Sharapova targeted for 'snubbing' Tendulkar

NEW DELHI: Outraged Indian cricket fans have left thousands of angry messages on Maria Sharapova's Facebook page after she admitted to not recognising cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Tendulkar, considered a demi-god in his home country and an all-time great of the game by most fans, was among a star-studded crowd that watched Sharapova at Wimbledon last Saturday.

When asked if she recognised the recently retired batsman, seated next to former English cricket captain Andrew Strauss and football star David Beckham, she reportedly replied that she did not.

“I was one of the biggest fans of you as a tennis star but now I will never see your matches,” wrote Vivek Kumar Pandey in one of the milder messages on the Russian tennis player's Facebook page.

Others used foul language and made threats, while Twitter users took up the tongue-in-cheek #whoismariasharapova hashtag which began trending.

For some, the hurt pride was misplaced.

“Why splutter over Sharapova not knowing Sachin?” leading TV presenter Barkha Dutt wrote on Twitter on Friday.

“Does it matter? Doesn't diminish him. But makes us sound insecure.”

Sharapova targeted for 'snubbing' Tendulkar
 
Sharapova targeted for 'snubbing' Tendulkar

NEW DELHI: Outraged Indian cricket fans have left thousands of angry messages on Maria Sharapova's Facebook page after she admitted to not recognising cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. :P

Tendulkar, considered a demi-god in his home country and an all-time great of the game by most fans, was among a star-studded crowd that watched Sharapova at Wimbledon last Saturday.

When asked if she recognised the recently retired batsman, seated next to former English cricket captain Andrew Strauss and football star David Beckham, she reportedly replied that she did not.

“I was one of the biggest fans of you as a tennis star but now I will never see your matches,” wrote Vivek Kumar Pandey in one of the milder messages on the Russian tennis player's Facebook page.

Others used foul language and made threats, while Twitter users took up the tongue-in-cheek #whoismariasharapova hashtag which began trending.

For some, the hurt pride was misplaced.

“Why splutter over Sharapova not knowing Sachin?” leading TV presenter Barkha Dutt wrote on Twitter on Friday.

“Does it matter? Doesn't diminish him. But makes us sound insecure.”

Sharapova targeted for 'snubbing' Tendulkar - Sport - DAWN.COM
 
hahah why chota mota tendulkar being as unknown entity to a tennis player gave so much heartache to indians is the real question , not the number of threads being created ... lol
 
and pakistanis got happy, ask her what pakistan is and she will fail for this too
 
and pakistanis got happy, ask her what pakistan is and she will fail for this too

If we'll ask Indians to name Hockey Captain of Indian Team, most of us will fail to answer it. Cricket is Alien in Russia. Hence, she doesn't know about Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin didn't utter a word about this incident, but some morons made it a big issue. If you'll visit Saharapova's Facebook page, you'll see it is filled with Sachin Sachin by morons! :crazy:
 
If we'll ask Indians to name Hockey Captain of Indian Team, most of us will fail to answer it. Cricket is Alien in Russia. Hence, she doesn't know about Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin didn't utter a word about this incident, but some morons made it a big issue. If you'll visit Saharapova's Facebook page, you'll see it is filled with Sachin Sachin by morons! :crazy:

It is even more silly when you consider that most Indians would not be able to name 5 Russian Olympic gold medalists.
 
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If we'll ask Indians to name Hockey Captain of Indian Team, most of us will fail to answer it. Cricket is Alien in Russia. Hence, she doesn't know about Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin didn't utter a word about this incident, but some morons made it a big issue. If you'll visit Saharapova's Facebook page, you'll see it is filled with Sachin Sachin by morons! :crazy:
Holy LOL, just checked her page . These guys are totally crazy lol we spammed her page completely
 
Well I also Don't knew him , when I think a little more I even don't knew how they play cricket (just guess it's something like baseball) and I'm sure this is the case with 99.90% of people here .
I guess some fans must learn that there are many place in the world that in sport news they don't mention cricket even once a year.
 

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