{"id":622790,"date":"2025-12-09T20:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622790\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:40:24","slug":"masaba-gupta-opens-up-about-feeling-pressured-to-carry-forward-her-father-vivian-richards-sports-legacy-sania-mirza-relates-to-her-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622790\/","title":{"rendered":"Masaba Gupta opens up about feeling pressured to carry forward her father Vivian Richards\u2019 sports legacy, Sania Mirza relates to her experience |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Masaba Actor\u2013designer Masaba Gupta<\/a> recently opened up about the emotional pressure she felt growing up as the daughter of legendary Antiguan cricketer Vivian Richards<\/a>. Appearing on Serving It Up With Sania, the talk show hosted by tennis icon Sania Mirza<\/a>, Masaba revealed that even though she later built a celebrated career in fashion, sports played a significant role in her early years \u2014 especially tennis.<\/p>\n

\u2018I had to carry the legacy of sport forward in the family\u2019<\/p>\n

During their candid conversation, Sania asked her, \u201cWas sport a very big part of your life because of your dad in general?\u201dMasaba replied, \u201cI think it was definitely influenced by my dad because, in some way, when I was very young, I felt like I had to carry the legacy of sport forward in the family. I don\u2019t know why I felt that pressure. Nobody put it on me, but I just thought so. Just by myself.\u201dShe added that Viv Richards\u2019 discipline and spirit had a huge impact on her as a child. \u201cAnd I think I really enjoyed seeing how independent he was, how fit he was, how mentally fit he was, and I said I want to be some version of that,\u201d she said, speaking fondly of her father.<\/p>\n

\u2018I just could not take the pressure of being his daughter\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite her admiration for Viv Richards, Masaba revealed that the expectations attached to his name deeply affected her sporting journey.\u201cI also failed miserably at it. I just could not take the pressure of being his daughter. I am not used to this. And I thought I would be… you know, they\u2019d let me go because I am playing a different sport,\u201d she said.But even in tennis, comparisons followed her. \u201cBut when I went on there, it was like, \u2018You\u2019re just not as good as your father\u2019. I have to say that until I could articulate how that felt, I just kept going. I just kept going and said, \u2018Let\u2019s just keep trying, and one day it will get better.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

Masaba Gupta reveals her mom Neena Gupta refused to let her live-in with her first husband Madhu Mantena<\/p>\n

A moment she\u2019ll never forget<\/p>\n

Masaba recalled a match that left a lasting impact on her. \u201cAnd I remember there was one game that my dad came to and it was some state-level match, and I lost so badly. And I was a sore loser,\u201d she said. Yet, she believes tennis shaped her far beyond the court.\u201cBut tennis has taught me so much about life than anything else,\u201d she shared.The sport also helped her channel her emotions constructively. \u201cI am a solo founder, so I know exactly how to talk myself into and out of a situation and all that is thanks to all the tennis I played,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Sania Mirza relates to Masaba\u2019s experience<\/p>\n

Agreeing with her guest, Sania said, \u201cSport does teach you how to be resilient.\u201dShe also confessed that she expects her son, Izhaan Mirza Malik, to face similar pressure someday. \u201cOne day I will make him talk to you because I feel that he would also experience the same kind of pressure, once he is a little older,\u201d Sania told Masaba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor\u2013designer Masaba Gupta recently opened up about the emotional pressure she felt growing up as the daughter of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[193602,108476,193598,193601,185752,193599,193597,79,193596,1068,16,15,30120,193600],"class_list":{"0":"post-622790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-family-expectations-in-sports","9":"tag-masaba-gupta","10":"tag-masaba-gupta-father-vivian-richards","11":"tag-neena-gupta-vivian-richards","12":"tag-sania-mirza","13":"tag-sania-mirza-son-izhaan-mirza-malik","14":"tag-serving-it-up-with-sania","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-legacy","17":"tag-tennis","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-viv-richards","21":"tag-vivian-richards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115691548774816795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}