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He rose into the top fifty of the NCAA and was named Conference Player of the Year, then turned professional at twenty-one.","He is straightforward about what those years gave him: college tennis taught him independence at least as much as it taught him tennis.",{"heading":122,"body":123},"Davis Cup and coaching",[124,125],"The call-up to the Indian Davis Cup squad came in 2013. After years on an individual circuit, where a player travels alone and wins or loses alone, team tennis was the sharpest possible contrast — and the part of his playing career he still talks about first.","Injury, and the ordinary grind of the ITF tour, eventually turned him toward coaching. The academy is built on what that whole road actually required, rather than on a theory about how players improve.",1,"\u002Fimages\u002Fcoach-ashwin-portrait.jpg",[129,130,131],"I wasn't the most naturally talented player in my age group. My work ethic was what stood out.","At six, in Doha, I hit with Leander Paes. Fifteen years later I was alongside him in the Indian Davis Cup setup.","Enjoy playing, and play as much as you can. 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