Sports Authority Of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) Events

Shuttlecocks and Table Tennis balls tick to and fro like pendulums inside the giant steamy bowels of the Lal Bahadur Stadium. It's a scene almost out of Van Damme's Kickboxer; a massive, uncomfortably warm hall with courts in the middle and steps all around for enthusiastic watchers who cry for blood. Except, these watchers are middle-aged parents, egging on their own kids with equally fervent zeal.

The heat doesn't seem to make any difference to the droves and droves of youngsters, from little girls in shorts and pig-tails to well-built and clearly practiced sportsmen, all playing side....