"Struggle With Injury Build My Strength For Success"

        Vidit Vaghela is the first player from Gujarat  to win National Singles Boys under 18 title in the recent times. It is a dream come true for the young lad. He deserves it. Hailing from a middle class family started his tennis at the age of 5 in the year of 2001 and the reason for him to join was the earthquake of 2001. A talented lad showed the early signs of great competitor and was rightly motivated and shaped up into a good junior player by his basic coach Bharat Goyal at St. Xaviers Loyola Clay Courts. In his first tournament under 8 he became the runners up in the state tournament and from then onwards he never looked back with the help of great parenting support system.

He had an excellent run in the state tournaments under 10 and 12 performing with authority. In those years the recent AITA structure was not prevalent. The initial match showed that he was very brutal and aggressive in his games not leaving any stone unturned. His game style and attitude showed the spark of a champion and that he is a ‘ great come-backer’.

        Injuries are part and partial of sports persons life. Vidit is no exception. He had serious elbow injury and the sports Doctors declared that he wont be able to play tennis anymore. Champions never give up, champions never quit. Ordinary people  have number of reasons to quit, but the champion has only one reason to continue. Vidit never gave up, started physiotherapy treatment and after 10 months of treatment he returned back on court with a bang. He came with a bang because he  was never detached from the tennis court mentally or physically. He use to go to tennis court regularly and knowingly unknowingly had a great session of visualization tennis which kept the fire burning. He says, “ I  felt it, smelled it, actually saw my self playing, perspired it, it was actual madness I felt and tried to control myself, I was sometimes  scared what was happening to me but I enjoyed a lot.” 

           On his come back on tennis court Vidit says, “ I appreciate and thank God, my parents every  single time   when I step inside the tennis court”. Under the able coaching and guidance of the most successful coach of the Gujarat  State - Ranjit Thakore (Phone No. 9909913738), Vidit started training for 4 hours a day excluding 2 hours of physical fitness. Highly motivated and fire in the belly he has won  number of AITA tournaments  couple of ITF Singles & Doubles. He dreams to play one day against Roger Federer before Rogers retires and also making it to the Indian Davis Cup team. The stroke he enjoys the most is inside-out forehand (which indicates his great footwork and aggressive baseline style). In recent development Vidit’s dream has been fulfilled as he has been selected for the CTL – Champions Tennis League on the IPL format initiated by the Indian legend Vijay Amritraj. He dares to dream and now will be rubbing shoulders with the world elite players and he has learned and will be learning that name of the game is “Winning”.

          Believing in himself, his practice and his coach,  Vidit Vaghela played the AITA Men’s Circuit and was the first Junior from Gujarat under 18 to win the Men’s AITA  Title at Ahmedabad. This result sky rocketed his confidence and he was ready to take on anybody.

          He became the first Gujarat State  Junior to win the National Boys under 18 title after playing qualifying rounds, thus he made Gujarat Proud, Made his Coach and parents proud and it was a fitting answer for those in his injury days who were asking him “why you are doing it” and now the same crowd is asking him “how you did it” Vidit discloses his secret of becoming the Champion and he quotes “Winning did motivate me but my struggle of 10 months build my strength as a tennis warrior.”

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Alex Gomes
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