Sport in South America Tennis Professionals (ATP) Marcelo Rios, the first Latin American World number 1 in women tennis and the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam Anita Lizana, three-time French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten, US Open winner Gabriela Sabatini, French Open winners Gastón Gaudio and Andrés Gómez, 2009 US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro, and double Olympic Gold medalist Nicolás Massú. Golf is growing in popularity in both Brazil and Argentina but is not widely played elsewhere in South America. Bolivia has the highest tournament class golf course in the world. Jai alai or Basque pelota is played in many
Jai Verma years an accomplished Badminton teacher, tutoring the sport in adult education. She is married with two children and three grandchildren. She enjoys Indian vegetarian cooking, golf, bridge, and spending time with family and friends Jai Verma Jai Verma (Mrs) is an Indian-born Hindi writer, educationalist, poet, and advocate of Hindi language and culture. Jai Verma was born in Jiwana, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, March 1950, the eldest of five children. After her primary education in Rudrapur, Nainital; she received a BA in English Literature, Economics, and Drawing and Painting from Meerut University. She moved to Gateshead, Tyneside, UK on Gandhi's