Tag: Tennis

One Hundred Not Out …Still Batt(L)ing
Feature Articles

One Hundred Not Out …Still Batt(L)ing

June 10, 2025

By U.B. Acharya In athletics, particularly in running speed that counts, in high jump and pole vault it is the height and in shot put and javelin throw, distance is the criteria for records. Again, in swimming it is the speed that counts. In tennis, there could be several records that can be achieved and…

Padmapriya continues  her prime form
Sports

Padmapriya continues  her prime form

May 26, 2025

Mysuru: City’s tennis prodigy Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar, who has been winning many titles in the junior category, continued her prime form by winning both singles and double titles at the recently held AITA TSTA National Series U-14 Ranking Tennis Tournament-2025 at Ash Tennis Academy in Telangana. In the finals, Padmapriya defeated Parinitha Vattaprambil (Andhra) in…

Rising star Padmapriya eyes global tennis glory
Feature Articles

Rising star Padmapriya eyes global tennis glory

May 20, 2025

Of late, this young tennis prodigy from Mysuru has been making headlines with her impressive performances in both national and international tournaments. At just 14 years old, Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar has displayed immense potential to become one of the country’s top tennis players — a dream she is actively chasing. Currently ranked No. 6 in…

Double crown for Padmapriya
Sports

Double crown for Padmapriya

April 21, 2025

Mysuru: City’s tennis prodigy Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar completed a double fete at the recently concluded Asian U-14 and Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament 2025 at Malancha Niwas, Agartala, by winning both Singles and Doubles tournament. In the Singles finals, Padmapriya defeated Diya Ravikumar 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and in the Doubles, she partnered with Diya Ravikumar and…

Super Series Tennis Tournament: Double delight for Padmapriya
News

Super Series Tennis Tournament: Double delight for Padmapriya

July 22, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: City’s budding tennis player Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar displayed her exceptional skills at the Super Series Tennis Tournament, organised by All Assam Tennis Association, in Guwahati recently, to emerge winner in the U-14 girls doubles and runner-up in the U-12 singles. In U-14 girls’ doubles category, Padmapriya, partnering with Kushi Khadian (Haryana), defeated the pair…

Mysuru lad shines in Tennis at Canada
Sports

Mysuru lad shines in Tennis at Canada

July 27, 2023

Sixteen-year-old Mysuru lad Mustafa Raja emerged Singles and Doubles champion in the 16-and-Under National Bank Stanley Open held at Stanley Park Tennis Courts in Vancouver, Canada. This prestigious event is held only in three cities across Canada — Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. The winner of this tournament gets a direct entry to the U-16 Nationals…

Can India produce a Grand Slam Champion?
Feature Articles, Sports

Can India produce a Grand Slam Champion?

March 13, 2023

By U.B. Acharya In a recent middle piece article in the centre page of a national newspaper, the writer has lamented that while small countries like Switzerland, Serbia, Croatia, Greece etc. have produced top class tennis players why could not India with such a large population produce one Grand Slam champion. He has suggested that…

Year Ending Review-2021 and Novak Djokovic
Feature Articles

Year Ending Review-2021 and Novak Djokovic

November 26, 2021

By U.B. Acharya One may ask “How come year ending review is written a good 36 days before the end of the year?” The reason is that unlike cricket season which extend to 52 weeks every year, tennis season is for about 47 weeks only with no tennis tournament for 5 weeks from November end…

1 2 3 23
ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]