City Tennis players excel

R.N. Ramesh (extreme right) and Balasubramanyam receiving the winner’s trophy of the Doubles event at Davanagere Open State-level Tennis Championship held at Davanagere recently.

R.N. Ramesh (employee of CSIR-CFTRI) from Mysore Tennis Club, Mysuru and Balasubramanyam from Vontikoppal Club, Mysuru, won the Doubles event in Davanagere Open State-level Tennis Championship  held at Davanagere recently, by defeating Venkatesh and Srinivas  of Garden Tennis Club, Mysuru, in the finals by 6-3.

Ramesh also won Singles event of the Championship by defeating Uday (Belagavi).

Senior Tennis

R.N. Ramesh also participated in All India Senior Tennis Championship in 55+ category at Kakinada (AP) and emerged winner in the Singles event and runner-up in the Doubles event.

Ramesh defeated Rawat of Bengaluru by 6-4,7-6 (7-5) in the final to win Singles Championship.

In the Doubles event, Ramesh partnered with Paul Manohar (Guntur) to defeat Rawat (Bengaluru) & Ravishankar (Hyderabad) by 3-6,6-7 in the finals.

This post was published on January 22, 2020 4:18 pm