Ashok Mankad and Nirupama Vasant – Ashok Mankad, former Indian cricketer who is also the son of legend Vinoo Mankad represented India in 22 test matches and 1 ODI. He is married to Nirupama Vasant who is an Asian Tennis Champion.Her entire family has represented India in tennis. Her brother and father were well known tennis players while her sister in law has also been a tennis player. Son of Ashok and Nirupama, Harsh has also represented India in Davis Cup. Ashok has been surrounded by players from the tennis fraternity more than the cricket community.
Alex Hales – The English opener who is famous for his hard hitting in the powerplay and was a permanent feature of England team in white ball format until he got embroiled in a series of controversies also has a connection to tennis. His grandfather, Dennis has been a tennis player at the international level. He once gave a tough competition to the legendary Rod Laver in a Wimbledon match. He tried very hard but was defeated in the five setter.
Winslow Family – The Winslow family has members who have represented South Africa in both Tennis and as well as cricket. Charles Winslow , a three time Olympian medallist won two gold medals and one bronze medal in tennis. His father, Lyndhurst Winslow played cricket and represented Sussex County Club and scored a ton on debut against the Gloucestershire County Club. His son, Paul Winslow was also a cricketer and represented South Africa in 5 test matches in the 1950s. Charles’ wife was also a tennis player and also a national champion.
Buster Farrer-William Stephen ‘Buster’ Farrer is a former South African cricketer who was a multidimensional sports person. He played 6 test matches between 1962-64. He has also represented South Africa in Hockey as well as Tennis. In the 1956 Wimbledon Championships he won the first round but was defeated in the 2nd round. It was his only Wimbledon appearance but he continued to play amateur tennis. After giving up tennis he took up Squash in the later part of his career.
Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza – The Pakistani all-rounder who played various good innings in the recently concluded PSL for Islamabad United and has the second most number of T20Is appearances in the world is married to the great Indian tennis player Sania Mirza. The two got hitched in 2010. It was the most talked about marriage of the decade. While Sania continued to achieve success at the highest level by winning all the slams in the doubles category. She has also achieved the no.1 rank as a tennis player in her career. The two are currently active sports persons who are probably in the twilight of their career.
