Background
Nirupama was born in the Southern Indian town of Coimbatore.
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Her father King’s Scholar Vaidyanathan was a cricketer who had played for Tamil Nadu in Ranji Cricket tournament coached her at the start of her career. In 1996, she moved to Luxembourg and she turned professional at the age of 18. Nirupama shifted her base to Sarasota, Florida in 1997 where she trained with David O Meara who was the former coach of Leander Paes for two years.
She retired during the later 2000s.
Foreign the past five years, Nirupama has been on the expert commentary team along with Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network-STAR sports. Nirupama also runs a tennis coaching camp in the Bay Area, California.
She is launching her autobiography "The Moonballer" in August this year.
Achievements
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In 1998 Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman in the modern era to feature and win a round at a main draw Grand Slam, beating Italy"s Gloria Pizzichini. She has also won the Bronze Medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games in Mixed Doubles, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi. Her first tennis tournament foray was the National Under 12 tournament, where she reached the semi-final and went on to win her 1st National title in Under 14 age group at the age of 13. One year later in 1991, she won the National Women"s title at age 14. She won the National Women"s title in 1992–1996. She made a comeback in 2010 when she represented India to play in the Commonwealth Games 2010 and in Asian games in Guangzhou as a 33-year-old.
